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Trans fat is not safe and must be removed from food: US

Partially hydrogenated oils, known as artificial trans fats, are not safe to eat and must be removed from the food supply in the next three years, US regulators said Tuesday. Often found in margarine, frosting, cookies, crackers and frozen pizzas, partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are not “generally recognized as safe” for use in human food, said the US Food and Drug Administration, finalizing the agency’s proposed ban on artificial trans

U.S. official suspects cyber attack occurred in 2014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said on Tuesday that officials suspected a cyber attack that affected millions of employee records took place in 2014. “We suspect that it happened earlier, in 2014,” Katherine Archuleta testified at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Can he be hired? Donald Trump enters presidential race

“Our country needs a truly great leader, and we need a truly great leader now,” said Trump. “We need somebody who can take the brand of the United States and make it great again. “So ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States,” Trump told a crowd gathered at Trump Tower, one of his trophy properties.