Strategies to reduce sodium intake in the United States
Institute of Medicine Report
(USA) The Institute of Medicine has released the report 'Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States'.
The Report recommends setting mandatory national standards for the sodium levels that food manufacturers, restaurants, and food service companies can add to their products in the US, and that all of the relevant health agencies should be involved in achieving this.
The Food and Drug Administration’s role, as envisioned in the report, will be to set the new standards, which can be phased in gradually allowing tastes to adjust over time.
A public briefing on Wednesday April 21st, 2010 from 10.00-11.00 Washington Time. This Webcast link will become available at the time of the event: national academies / nas