Maryland Lawmakers Mulling Panel to Study Trans-Fat Ban
posted 5:36 pm Tue January 22, 2008 - Annapolis, Md.
Democratic Delegate James Hubbard tried last year to ban the artery-clogging fats, but the bill failed. Now, he is trying to assemble a task force to examine how a ban could be implemented statewide.
Hubbard comes from Montgomery County, which started implementing a countywide ban at the beginning of the year. Hubbard says the study panel should look at Montgomery and cities with trans-fat bans, such as New York City, for guidance how to get rid of the fats.
The Restaurant Association of Maryland, which fought Hubbard's ban last year, supported his idea for a study panel. Melvin Thompson, the group's head, told lawmakers that restaurants are ready to talk about a possible statewide ban.
Lawmakers did not take a vote on Hubbard's idea.
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Latest Comment on Maryland Lawmakers Mulling Panel to Study Trans-Fat Ban
gloria1107
7:18 am on 01/23/08
I think their time could be better spent on studying how to make our state a safer place to live and work or there may not be anyone left to even eat the trans fat. Have our people always been so gun happy?? Shooting that manager at the shoe store - how much money could he have had? Not much I would suspect and even so why shoot him? Because you have a gun and he is there. I understand about these idiots shooting over territory or something else just as stupid but then they are stupid. It is a scary time I know for the young people who are decent and are not involved in any of the so called gangs. MD and DC and VA need to work on the big problem - killings, killings, and more killings.
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