U.S. popcorn makers could face long, expensive road to lose trans fats

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U.S. popcorn makers could face long, expensive road to lose trans fats

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-popcorn-makers-could-face-long-expensive-road-012646696--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DTTNx7gfxPXnWw5_9QzICg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-09T012646Z_1_CBRE9A8040R00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FDA-TRANSFAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Diamond Food's Pop Secret microwave popcorn box is seen illustrated in New York" align="left" title="A Diamond Food's Pop Secret microwave popcorn box is seen illustrated in New York" border="0" /></a>By Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microwave popcorn makers could face a long and difficult task ridding their snacks of trans fats, if a U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal to ban the additives goes into effect. Just ask Orville Redenbacher. Redenbacher's, a division of ConAgra Foods Inc, spent six years changing its leading line of popcorn, company scientists said on Friday, a day after the FDA made its proposal, which the government said would save 7,000 lives a year. The Popcorn Board, an industry trade group, said Americans munch 16 billion quarts of popped popcorn a year, and more than two-thirds of that is eaten in the home.</p><br clear="all"/>

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