KFC to stop using trans fats

New York starts hearings on banning them
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK

KFC said yesterday that it would stop frying chicken in artery-clogging trans fats, but New York restaurants being urged to do the same say that it is not so easy.

KFC's announcement, which won praise from consumer advocates, came an hour ahead of a public hearing on a proposal that would make New York the first U.S. city to ban the unhealthy artificial fats.