Food & Beverage Litigation & Regulatory Update

Tag: salt

  • Study Compares Menu Items in U.K. Restaurants With and Without Calorie Labels

    U.K. researchers have published the findings of a comparison of calorie counts on menu items in restaurants that feature labeling of those counts and in restaurants without such labeling. Dolly R.Z. Theis & Jean Adams, “Differences in energy and nutritional content of menu items served by popular UK chain restaurants with versus without voluntary menu…

  • Researchers Argue for Salt Warning Label

    The World Hypertension League has issued a policy statement in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension arguing that salt sold for consumption “should be required to have a front of package health warning label.” The article argues that high sodium consumption has been linked to many negative health risks and that reducing excess sodium is a…

  • FDA Issues Guidance on “Potassium Chloride Salt”

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance for industry on the use of “potassium chloride salt” on food labels as an acceptable alternative to the use of the common or usual name “potassium chloride.” The guidance indicates that the agency recognizes that food manufacturers “wishing to reduce sodium chloride in their…