QUÉBEC STOPS BANNING YELLOW MARGARINE
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NORTH America's last regulatory battle between butter and margarine producers will end, with the Canadian province of Québec deciding to lift its ban on yellow margarine. Its strong dairy lobby has long defended a provincial rule preventing margarine resembling butter, instead been sold in unappetising white. But yesterday (8 July), the Québec government announced it was lifting the ban and yellow margarine should be available by August. Opposition to liberalisation has been eased amongst dairy producers by bad publicity about trans-fats in ...
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