POTASSIUM SALT

FDA Guidance: Use of “Potassium Salt” as an Alternate Name for “Potassium Chloride” in Food Labeling

Posted on December 21, 2020

Our readers may recall a 2016 citizen’s petition filed by NuTek Food Science that requested FDA to permit “potassium salt” as a common or usual name for potassium chloride because

Posted on October 2, 2019

Food manufacturers, including Nestle USA and Kraft Heinz, have submitted public comments on FDA’s draft guidance regarding the use of “potassium chloride salt” as an alternative common or usual name

Posted on May 30, 2019

NuTek Food Science—the company that filed a 2016 citizen petition to obtain FDA permission to label potassium chloride as “potassium salt”—has withdrawn its citizen petition. The company made its decision

Posted on May 15, 2019

In a letter to Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), a number of health advocacy groups, food manufacturers, and food retailers have urged regulators to allow “potassium

Posted on January 12, 2017

As reported on this blog previously, comments on a citizen petition from NuTek Food Science, LLC requesting that FDA recognize “potassium salt” as an alternate name for potassium chloride were

Posted on August 31, 2016

FDA’s approval of a “potassium salt” citizen petition could represent a potential windfall for potassium chloride manufacturers while assisting food companies in complying with FDA’s goal of reducing sodium consumption. …
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