FDA announced it will no longer recognize partially hydrogenated oils like trans fat as generally recognized as safe (GRAS), meaning they would need to be approved as an additive to be included in food products. The post in the November 7th Federal Register would mean “the end of artificial, industrially produced trans fat in foods,” says Dennis M. Keefe, PhD, director of FDA's Office of Food Additive Safety. The agency first took aim at trans fat in 1999 when it proposed manufacturers be required to declare the amount of trans fat in a product on its nutrition label, a regulation that took effect in 2006.