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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

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Public Comments Urge FDA to Allow “Potassium Salt” as Alternative Name for “Potassium Chloride” in Food Labeling

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  • Food manufacturers, including Nestle USA and Kraft Heinz, have submitted public comments on FDA’s draft guidance regarding the use of “potassium chloride salt” as an alternative common or usual name

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NuTek Withdraws “Potassium Salt” Citizen Petition

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company that filed a 2016 citizen petition to obtain FDA permission to label potassium chloride as “potassium salt”—has withdrawn its citizen petition.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

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Health Canada Urged to Allow the Term “Potassium Salt” on Food Labels

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

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Campbell Soup and Others Support Petition to Allow the Term ‘Potassium Salt’ on Ingredient Labels

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

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Salty Situation: Salt Institute Slams “Potassium Salt” Petition

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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