by Kristina Chew, care2.com, 22 November 2013
The Food and Drug Administration’s announcement last week that trans fats must be eliminated from foods due to their link to heart disease has cast a pall over U.S. soybean growers. Partially hydrogenated oils like those made from soybeans are certainly on the F.D.A.’s list of ingredients to be banned. The American Soybean Association — already concerned about the loss of 8 million acres of soybean fields as food processors and restaurants have switched to using other oils— now fears that an additional 4 million acres of soybeans could not be needed.
Monsanto and DuPont are coming to the rescue.
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The Food and Drug Administration’s announcement last week that trans fats must be eliminated from foods due to their link to heart disease has cast a pall over U.S. soybean growers. Partially hydrogenated oils like those made from soybeans are certainly on the F.D.A.’s list of ingredients to be banned. The American Soybean Association — already concerned about the loss of 8 million acres of soybean fields as food processors and restaurants have switched to using other oils— now fears that an additional 4 million acres of soybeans could not be needed.
Monsanto and DuPont are coming to the rescue.