Maine: Maine Restaurant Association

Representatives of Maine’s restaurant industry said most commercial kitchens already are moving in that direction but that passage of an abrupt ban would cause unnecessary turmoil.

Trans fats are a type of fat often used in preparation of fried foods in order to enhance the flavor and, in some cases, increase the shelf life of a product. But these inexpensive, artificially produced fats have been linked to heart disease because they increase levels of bad cholesterol in the body while lowering levels of good cholesterol.

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Several major cities — including New York, Boston and Philadelphia — as well as the state of California already have banned or moved to phase out use of trans fats.