Thanks for the scold, but I'm not part of the lawsuit and most of what you said actually agrees with my post!

The problem you have to face is that US lawyers do this all the time. It isn't new, and it won't stop until the perverse incentives are controlled.

Stating this fact does not mean I approve of it.

It is also a fact that once the lawyers begin, US companies go to incredible lengths to protect themselves with ridiculous warnings, exaggerated safety measures or even by withdrawing the goods altogether. A few weeks ago I saw that Beyer was withdrawing a popular contact lens fluid because of a possible risk. A "possible" risk.

Will KFC withdraw crispy chicken buckets completely to avoid trans fat lawsuits based on a lot more than "possible" risk? I don't think so. Will they put a warning on the bucket "the sump oil used to cook this will fill your arteries with rubbery fat"? I don't think so - fast food companies can't afford to formalize that "unhealthy" stigma. Will KFC do nothing about the trans fat and just fight it? I don't think so- they'll be deluged by eager litigants who will claim that grandpa died because an irresponsible supplier filled him with unhealthy fat and is now doing it to Junior as well. You must agree that having higher-than-normal trans fat in KFC makes this inevitable in the USA.

So what will KFC do? As I asked you, will you be willing to pay extra for monounsaturated oil? Because that's a very likely scenario. i also suggested you might be offered choices with sump oil cheapest and olive oil most expensive. Why is that so unlikely- today you can choose whether you want ranch or asian dressing on your Macdonalds, tomorrow you may be able to choose the saturation of the fat used to prepare it. The point is that if you choose sump oil and KFC warns you of the consequence, you can't blame KFC for your choice. That's the sort of issue KFC will have to look at.

You may personally think it's all a crock, but KFC is the one facing the lawsuits, not you. KFC's response will be to protect them from fatties but it will probably increase your cost in the long run. And your health, which presumably is a positive for somebody like you with a healthcare degree and who reads the labels on goods. ;-)