In 2013, the FDA made a preliminary determination that trans fats generated from partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) were no longer GRAS, and in 2015 it issued its final determination that PHOs were no longer GRAS.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by FDA press releases and Federal Register notices for both the 2013 tentative determination and 2015 final determination. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.539 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- TABLE 1— (seed:food_and_diet)
- https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-finalizes-determination-partially-hydrogenated-oils-deadline-eliminate-trans-fats-processed (corroboration)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/06/17/2015-14883/final-determination-regarding-partially-hydrogenated-oils-removing-trans-fat (corroboration)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/11/08/2013-26854/tentative-determination-regarding-partially-hydrogenated-oils (corroboration)