Trans Fats Fading From Canada's Food Supply, But Persist In Atlantic Canada

Trans fats are fading from the Canadian food supply, but the unhealthy fat is still showing up on supermarket shelves in Nova Scotia.

A CBC review of grocery stores around the Halifax region last month found a number of products that exceeded recommended trans fat levels.

One of those products was a pound cake in a Halifax grocery store made by Glace Bay bakery McFadgen's. The cake's trans fat levels are more than five times Health Canada's recommended maximum, which is five per cent of total fat.

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