From: Hamm, Heidi [heidi.hamm@Vanderbilt.Edu]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 8:36 AM
To: Dockets, FDA
Subject: Docket No. 2003N-0076

1. Should the FDA require a footnote on the Nutrition Facts label that reads as follows? "Intake of trans fat should be as low as possible."  YES

2. If a product contains less than half a gram of trans fat per serving, should a food manufacturer be allowed to say on the package that it is "trans fat-free"?  NO

3. If a product contains less than half a gram of trans fat per serving, should a food manufacturer be allowed to say on the package that it contains "zero grams of trans fat per serving"?  NO

 

 

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Heidi E. Hamm, Ph.D 
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. Professor of Pharmacology 
Chair, Department Of Pharmacology 

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