Tag: salt/sodium
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New York Assembly Considers Banning Sodium in All Restaurant Foods
New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) has reportedly introduced legislation (A.B. A10129) that would bar restaurants from using salt “in any form” during food preparation. According to the bill, which cites the World Health Organization, “three quarters or more of the sodium intake in the United States comes from processed or restaurant foods.” Proposing to…
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Study Compares Strategies to Decrease Dietary Sodium Intake
A recent study has apparently concluded that industry efforts to reduce mean sodium intake by 9.5 percent could avert “513,885 strokes and 480,358 MIs [myocardial infarctions] over the lifetime of adults aged 40 to 85 years who are alive today compared with the status quo, increasing QALYs [quality-adjusted life-years] by 2.1 million and saving $32.1…
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Senator Boxer Joins Groups Urging Labeling Changes for Poultry
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has reportedly joined the California Poultry Federation (CPF) and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reform labeling requirements for sodium-enhanced chicken. “Unfortunately, since 2003, chicken injected with sodium additives has been allowed to be misleadingly labeled as ‘100…
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National Salt Reduction Initiative Unveils Proposed Dietary Targets
The National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI) has called on companies “to reduce the salt levels in 61 categories of packaged food and 25 classes of restaurant food,” issuing a list of proposed targets designed to cut the salt in these foods by 25 percent over five years. Led by the New York City Health Department,…
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Cereal Makers Testify Before Canadian Health Committee
The Canadian House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health (HESA) recently heard testimony from Nestlé S.A. and Kellogg Co. representatives about dietary salt reduction. The representatives reportedly backed recent efforts to reduce salt levels in popular products, noting that breakfast cereals account for only 3 percent of the salt in the Canadian diets. Nestlé Director…
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New Jersey Court Dismisses Salt Lawsuit Against Denny’s
According to a news source, a New Jersey court has dismissed fraud-related claims filed against Denny’s Corp. alleging that the company failed to disclose the amount of sodium in its menu items. DeBenedetto v. Denny’s Corp., No. __ (N.J. Super. Ct., dismissed November 10, 2009). Additional details about the litigation appear in issue 312 of…
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Study Questions Efficacy of Public Policy on Salt Consumption
A recent study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology has apparently raised questions about “the scientific logic and feasibility of the decades-long effort to limit salt intake in humans,” according to a concurrent University of California, Davis, press release. Researchers analyzed 24-hour urinary sodium excretion data from 19,151 individuals involved in…
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CSPI Report Critical of Salt Content in Canadian Packaged Foods, Restaurants
The Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI Canada) has issued a report claiming that excess sodium “likely kills more Canadians every year than any other chemical substance” added to food. Titled “Salty to a Fault: Varied Sodium Levels Show Lowering Salt in Processed Foods IS Feasible,” the report surveyed 318 foods and purportedly…