In 2013, the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) were not longer “generally recognized as safe.”
The FDA is now finalizing that action and feremining that PHOs are not generally recognized as safe for any use in human food.
PHOs are the primary source of industrially produced trans fat, found in many processed foods.
The FDA is providing a three-year compliance period to allow industry to gradually phase out PHOs from their food products.
Of course, fresh whole food ingredients would not contains PHOs.
