第2个回答 2008-08-27
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The nutrition of Kentucky is unbalanced seriously: High protein, high heat, high oil, high salt, low fiber,etc.
Popularize and organize to lodge a complaint against Kentucky Company on the 13th in a nutrition in U.S.A., require the latter to stop using some hydrogenated oil, because the key raw materials of this kind of fried chicken contain the trans-fatty acid. " the New York Times " reports on the 14th, this kind of trans-fatty acid is the most unhealthy one in all fatty acid.
As to this news, affiliated Kentucky defeats the Chinese company of food and beverage and issues a statement at yesterday for one hundred times, show Chinese Kentucky guarantees all products accord with the relevant regulations of Chinese Government, claim what the Chinese restaurant is used is the palm oil not hydrogenated.
As to this lawsuit, Kentucky spokesman Laurie sand Lip river says: It is groundless to prosecute, there is not any meaning, will safeguard one's own position firmly. In a statement, Laurie still shows, Kentucky pays much attention to health and security of the food, the company has offered a lot of recipes for customers to choose, has offered the explanation in relevant nutrition information such as trans-fatty acid in website and restaurant of the company too, it explains the food that the choice is suitable for one's own taste that the customer can follow.
Defeat the Chinese company of food and beverage and declare too at yesterday, Kentucky was in the whole world different countries were different from raw materials that the area use for one hundred times. It was the palm oil not hydrogenated that used in the Chinese Kentucky restaurant, the content of trans-fatty acid is extremely low. One hundred defeat China claim trans-fatty acid natural to store in among much food also, no matter Chinese Government, or the U.S. government, has not forbidden containing this material in the food.
This case Kentucky and " The scientific centre of public interests " The second confrontation within three years. 2004, " scientific centre of public interests " Accused advertising violation of Kentucky, Kentucky was required before offering the scientific evidence finally, mustn't propagate Kentucky food health even more among advertisement and then.
The scientific centre of public interests requires in the pleadings referred to higher court of District of Columbia, forbid Kentucky to use some hydrogenated oil in frying the food, or force Kentucky to tell consumers in packing clearly, the food that it sells contains the trans-fatty acid, this kind of material can initiate heart disease.
Scientific officers of centre Michael and Jacobsen say public interests, as early as 2 years ago, this organization puts forward to American Food and Drug Administration and complains, demand to sell the restaurant with trans-fatty acid material and indicate the warning mark to consumers, American Food and Drug Administration does not react, so this organization decision turn court to.
Choosing Kentucky to act as the defendant, Jacobsen says, because Kentucky is the second major chain fast food enterprise in the world, second only to McDonald, and the content of trans-fatty acid is much higher than the food in the hamburger chain store in the food of Kentucky.
These are the case that fast food enterprises are prosecuted because of the trans-fatty acid of second. Last year, California one lawyer lodge a complaint against McDonald, accuse company this of violate reduction trans-fatty acid commitment of content in the food sold that make before the 4 year, agree to pay 8,500,000 dollars and finish this case in the final McDonald.
At present, though McDonald has not stopped using some hydrogenated oil French fries in the American chain store yet, but has already done so in Australia, Denmark and shop of Israel. In May, Wendy international fast food Company of chain store of another fast food in U.S.A. has already decided to change the oil of cooking, reduce its content of trans-fatty acid in products sold of U.S.A. and Canada.
Is it unimportant?
As the respose to this lawsuit, release and declare, says this case is unimportant on the 13th in Kentucky, and " have no value at all " . The declaration says, treat the health problem seriously in Kentucky, the products sold are safe.
" it is chosen that we have offered a large number of dishes for, " Kentucky declared to say, " we were reconsidering that used the substitution of other oils, but need to consider a lot of factors, including the taste keeping Kentucky identical, cook the flavor that the chicken fills a prescription with keeping primitively. "
However, the scientific centre of public interests does not approve that described above and explain. This tissue says, match a part in the set menu of biscuit, potato and fried chicken wing, the content of trans-fatty acid reaches 15 grams. " the New York Times " says, reminded people in the federal food guide that the U.S. government released last year, the amount of trans-fatty acid taken in should be less than 2 grams every day, and the U.S. government research institution, medical research institute think, the safe intaking amount of trans-fatty acid should be zero.
There is no statement that trans-fatty acid causes the food taste deviation, " the New York Times " says, the third largest Wendy international fast food Company of fast food chain of world has proved this is not true. This company began to remove the trans-fatty acid in the food last year, spokesmans of company Daniel and Lin Qi said, no longer using 350 shops in the whole America of the trans-fatty acid, consumers have not realized the taste difference, it is reduced that sales volume has not been seen either.
How much is endangered?
According to the explanation that American Food and Drug Administration makes, generally speaking, the trans-fatty acid is produced when manufacturers add hydrogen into the vegetable oil, this course is called hydrogenating. Hydrogenating can lengthen food quality guarantee period, make the food keep the taste steady.
Say in the magazine that American Food and Drug Administration published in September of 2003: "People can get up to find the trans-fatty acid in butter, some margarine, biscuit, sweet cake and any food made and fried of some hydrogenated oil in the plant. Different from other fatty acid, trans-fatty acid oil become similar and soft or hard solid fat course of margarine form liquid in food manufacturer mostly. "
To be simple, the food manufacturer, in order to prevent the liquid vegetable oil from going bad, easy to keep and improve the mouthfeel, change it into a solid or semi-solid state oil with the course of hydrogenating, the trans-fatty acid is produced in craft described above.
" the New York Times " say trans-fatty acid last century become a portion of fast food the eighties, because consumer's group requires the fast food chain to stop using saturated fatty acid too high butter and palm oil to fry the food. However, people did not find the trans-fatty acid more harmful until the end of last year, because the trans-fatty acid not merely increased " badly " Cholesterol, i.e. the lipoprotein of low density, moreover, it is " good " to reduce Cholesterol, i.e. HDL. And the saturated fatty acid only increases " Bad " Cholesterol.
American Food and Drug Administration thinks, the trans-fatty acid can increase people and suffer from and preceded the danger of heart disease of form. Then, they require that have the necessary portrait to indicate the saturated fatty acid the same as cholesterol content in food packing since January 1, 2006, indicate the content of trans-fatty acid, unless the content of trans-fatty acid is lower than 0.5 grams.
May endanger cardiovascularly American Kentucky stops using and presses oil
Eat Kentucky of chain store to announce in New York famously on the 30th rapidly, will stop using " hydrogenate the vegetable oil partly " in an all-round way in 5,500 restaurants of the whole America . Because this kind of oil contains " The fat against the type " ,Harmful to human body, may initiate heart artery disease, so Kentucky has already met with " scientific centre of public interests (CSPI) during June " Charge, as to the decision of Kentucky, this centre has already welcomed.
The main reason letting Kentucky make this decision is, New York plans to forbid the fat against the type. New York municipal health bureau hold common to can hear for the first time in 30, discuss, let New York become the whole America first, forbid restaurant offer, contain against type fat district of meal. If this prohibition is passed, though the range only restricts the city of New York, and not influences the retail shop, but because the influenced restaurant will be up to 24,600, the coverage certainly will be expanded in and the whole America.
As to this, the persons who engage in have already shown, because the cooking material in the restaurant comes from the supplier, it is really unable to confirm absolutely whether finally the meal that they sell contains the fat against the type.
Eating industry person rapidly Use the rich and influential family
In fact the catering trade will use and include against the type the course of the fat oil is quite hung deceitfully. Been hydrogenating the vegetable oil partly and has already been researched and developed in nine years, considered to be than natural oil healthier, cheaper substitutes such as cream, lard,etc. at that time, the state under the circumstances that the high temperature is fried is better, shelf life is longer too at the same time. In 199 times, at the pressure of the health group, the eating industry gives up the natural oil to use instead in an all-round way " healthy " rapidly Partly hydrogenation vegetable oil. However, the ones that hydrogenated the vegetable oil and included were found and produce cholesterol of low density later against the type fat partly, initiate cardiovascular vessel disease. Shining statistics of Harvard University, 30,000 people die from and absorb disease caused against the type fat at least every year in the whole America.
At the pressure of the public opinion, the fast food restaurant begins to change the edible oil used again. Wen Di has already begun to use and does not include the edible oil of the fat against the type at all in Hamburg. McDonald had claimed to change the edible oil in 2003, but has not been put into practice yet.
As to this, the persons who engage in have already shown, because the cooking material in the restaurant comes from the supplier, it is really unable to confirm absolutely whether finally the meal that they sell contains the fat against the type.