US FDA Plans to Reduce Salt in Restaurant and Packaged Food

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On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved to cut average salt consumption by a third in an effort to reduce heart attacks and strokes. The agency issued draft guidelines for major food manufacturers and big chain restaurants designed to reduce salt in hundreds of products, with separate sodium reduction targets set for two and 10 years. More than 70 percent of the salt in the average diet comes in the form of processed and prepared food.

According to the FDA, The goal is to cut average adult salt consumption from 3,400 milligrams a day to 2,300. The average American consumes almost 50 percent more sodium than recommended by most experts. The guidelines were issued less than two weeks after the Food and Drug Administration said it planned a major overhaul of the way packaged foods are labeled to reflect the amount of added sugar and specific serving sizes.   Read full article… reuters.com

 

U.S. FDA Working to Reduce Sodium in Food

Associated Press (AP): Food companies and restaurants may soon face government pressure to reduce salt content in their products, an effort to prevent thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke.

 

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FDA Proposes Guidelines for Salt Added to Food – New York Times “While a majority of Americans reports watching or trying to reduce added salt in their diets, the deck has been stacked against them,” the F.D.A said in a statement. “The majority of sodium intake comes from processed and prepared foods, not the …

 

FDA Sodium Reduction Effort Long Time Coming – Huffington Post The latest stalling tactic being offered by industry is the claim that the Food and Drug Administration action is premature because the establishment of a new recommended sodium consumption level for healthy individuals, called a Dietary Reference Intake, is underway. Never mind …

 

FDA issues draft guidance to food industry for voluntarily reducing sodium in processed and commercially prepared food – FDA.gov Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average sodium intake in the U.S. is approximately 3,400 mg/day. The draft short ..

 

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