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United Soybean Board

Farmers' Trans Fat Solution Efforts Preserve $700 Million Market

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 8th, 2009

With the U.S. economy in crisis, it's clear that strong domestic industries are essential, including food and agriculture. When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated trans fat appear on products' Nutrition Facts label, companies rushed to reformulate products to reduce or eliminate trans fat content. The blow could have been harsh for American jobs in the agriculture sector of the economy. However, the nation's soybean farmers are reaping the rewards of a long-term strategy, launched more than a decade ago by the United Soybean Board (USB), to develop new soybeans for healthier oils.

"The soybean industry created a soy-based trans fat solution (called...

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