D.C. Group Sues KFC

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NEW YORK In what it hopes will be a wake-up call for the fast-food industry, the Center for Science in Public Interest filed a class action suit in Washington on June 12 against Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The suit asks that the court stop the chicken chain from using unhealthy partially hydrogenated oil, or at least to warn consumers that its foods are high in trans fat. Trans fats have been linked with high levels of cholesterol and heart disease.

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