A new report at City Hall says the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) should do more to warn the public about the dangers of trans fats.
It was written by a committee of city administrators, representatives from the restaurant industry, the WRHA, Manitoba Health, and The Heart and Stroke Foundation.
The recommendations are a compromise following a proposal to ban trans fats in city restaurants or force owners to display trans fat content on their menus.
"We certainly do not have the enforcement capacity to go around and try to test and ensure that people aren't serving trans fats in certain types of food," councillor Gord Steeves told CTV News.
The report contends that educating the public about healthier eating will drive-up the demand for non-trans fat foods without the need for local government intervention.
Some restaurants like "The Line-Up" have gone trans fat free voluntarily five years ago, and say the process of switching menu items and ingredient suppliers it a big transition.
Calgary banned trans fats from their city restaurants in 2008.
The federal government has also regulated the amount of trans fats that can be added to some foods since last year and is expected add more regulations this June.
The City's Protection and Community Services Committee will discuss the issue further on Monday.
With a report from CTV's Joe Olafson
