Journal of Food Law & Policy Volume 3 Number 1 Article 4 2007 Safe But Not Wholesome: The Troubling State of Trans Fat Regulation Ross Williams University of Texas Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jflp Part of the Agency Commons, Consumer Protection Law Commons, Food and Drug Law Commons, Food Studies Commons, Law and Society Commons, Public Policy Commons, and the Torts Commons Recommended Citation Williams, R. (2021). Safe But Not Wholesome: The Troubling State of Trans Fat Regulation. Journal of Food Law & Policy, 3(1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jflp/vol3/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Food Law & Policy by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SAFE BUT NOT WHOLESOME: THE TROUBLING STATE OF TRANS FAT REGULATION Ross Williams* I. PREFACE: THE STARBUCKS PROBLEM .................................. 40 II. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................43 III. BACKGROUND .........................................................................46 A. Natural Sources of Trans Fat: PartiallyCovered by the FDA R egulations....................................................................... 46 B. The Risks and Benefits of Natural Trans Fats.................... 47 C. Artificial Trans Fats: Sources and Creation Through Hydrogenation.................................................................