Canada is considering similar legislation, and the city of Chicago is also considering banning industrial trans fats from restaurants. If restaurants and food manufacturers will not voluntarily eliminate trans fats (as has largely been done in the Netherlands), several points validate the need for, and the importance, of legislative measures to reduce the consumption of trans fats:
2004年，丹麦成为第一个立法限制食品中的反型脂肪成分，从而在很大程度上禁止了在所有食品中（包括餐厅食品）使用工业反型脂肪的国家。加拿大正在考虑通过类似的法律，而芝加哥也正考虑禁止餐馆使用反型脂肪。如果餐厅和食品制造商不愿自觉停止使用反型脂肪（就像荷兰的情况那样），那么如下几点就足以确认立法干预降低反型脂肪消费的必要性和重要性：