date:Aug 27, 2012
, there is no deadline by which the FDA must make a decision.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has filed several petitions over the years, including those to modify the safety status of salt (2004) and revoke the safety status of trans fats (2005). They remain pending, to chagrin of the center's executive director, Michael Jacobson.
FDA could snap its fingers and get trans fat out of the U.S. food supply by saying that it is no longer generally recognized as safe, he said. There