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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Voluntary Sodium Reductions
07 June 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking the food industry to voluntarily reduce the sodium content of foods by about one-third over a ten year period, with the goal of reducing sodium intake to 2,300 milligrams (mg) per day.
FDA’s draft guidance sets short-term (two year) and long-term (ten year) sodium reduction targets for about 150 subcategories of both packaged and restaurant foods. The target dates would be two and ten years, respectively, from the date a final guidance document is issued.
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Authored by Steve Steinborn & Veronica Colas.
Washington, D.C.
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