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Congress Voices Concern Over FDA’s Food Safety Actions

Posted on April 13, 2022
  • On April 11, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), who leads the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about her concerns over

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FDA Issues Guidance on Voluntary Sodium Reduction

Posted on October 14, 2021
  • FDA has issued food industry guidance for voluntary sodium reduction targets in foods.  The guidance is intended to provide voluntary short-term goals for food manufacturers, chain restaurants, and food service

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New Yorkers Support Icon for Sugary Menu Items

Posted on July 9, 2021
  • According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a new statewide poll suggests that over 75% of New York residents support including a warning icon on chain

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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company that filed a 2016 citizen petition to obtain FDA permission to label potassium chloride as “potassium salt”—has withdrawn its citizen petition.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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Philadelphia Mayor Signs Bill Requiring Sodium Warning on Menus

Posted on September 18, 2018
  • Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed legislation last Friday that requires chain food establishments to include warning labels on menus next to items containing 2,300 milligrams (mg) or more of sodium.

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Philadelphia May Become Second U.S. City to Require Sodium Warnings

Posted on July 11, 2018
  • At the end of June 2018, the Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill that would require chain restaurants to place a warning label next to menu items that contain

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NYC Wins Battle Over Sodium Warning Reqs

Posted on May 5, 2017
  • As previously covered on this blog, on September 9, 2015, NYC health officials voted unanimously to adopt the nation’s first sodium warning requirement.  The rule, which went into

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Scaling Back Sodium: GMA Comments on Short-term Sodium Reduction Guidelines

Posted on October 27, 2016

The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) has requested that the short-term sodium reduction goals be extended to at least four years, and that FDA account for differing functional roles of …
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Scaling Back Sodium – FDA Extends Comments Period for Draft Guidance

Posted on August 22, 2016

FDA has extended the comments period for its draft guidance regarding sodium reduction in food.

  • As previously covered on this blog, on June 1, 2016, FDA issued a draft

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FDA Draft Guidance: Scaling Back Sodium

Posted on June 2, 2016

FDA issues draft guidance to encourage food industry to reduce sodium added to food.

  • According to FDA, average sodium intake in the U.S. is too high at approximately 3,400 mg/day. 

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