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FDA’s Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Key Takeaways from Recent Webinar

Posted on October 18, 2024
  • On October 10, 2024, FDA hosted a public webinar to discuss the Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals (Edition 2) and review progress.  Key FDA speakers provided updates on the latest sodium
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FDA Issues Second Edition of Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals

Posted on August 20, 2024
  • On August 16, 2024, FDA issued Edition 2 of the Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals covering target mean and upper bound concentrations for sodium in commercially processed,
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USDA Publishes Final Rule on School Meals

Posted on April 25, 2024
  • On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a final rule updating the long-term school nutrition requirements, based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans,
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CSPI Petitions FDA to Take Action to Reduce Sodium in Food

Posted on April 18, 2023
  • Earlier this month, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a nonprofit with a mission to improve public health through better nutrition and safer food, petitioned FDA to
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FDA Publishes Proposed Rule Permitting Salt Substitutes in Standardized Foods

Posted on April 11, 2023
  • As we have previously blogged, last month FDA indicated that it would publish a proposed rule amending the standards of identity (SOIs) of foods in which salt (i.e., sodium
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Use of Salt Substitutes Expanded to Help Lower Sodium Intake

Posted on March 30, 2023
  • On March 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed changes to the standards of identity (SOIs) for foods that include salt to permit the use of
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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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