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Posted by italianstallion on Wed Apr 21 19:06:57 2010, in response to Obama administration bans salt, posted by Dand124 on Tue Apr 20 07:54:04 2010. Once again, we have the right making much ado about little.The NYTimes essentially debunked the Wash Post story cited above. A Congressionally-appointed panel "recommended" that the FDA look into ways of reducing salt -- that's all. "The report, commissioned by Congress to evaluate strategies for reducing sodium intake, recommended that the F.D.A. use its regulatory powers to declare that sodium above a certain level is unsafe, which could eventually bar companies from selling foods containing elevated levels of salt. But because people’s palates are used to today’s salty foods, the report said, the agency should order gradual reductions over time, to eventually reach healthier levels once tastes and preferences have adjusted." The FDA said the Wash Post story was hooey: "The agency said that a report on Tuesday in The Washington Post gave a “mistaken impression” that it was already moving to set limits on sodium. The F.D.A said the Department of Health and Human Services would create an interagency working group to consider what steps to take in trimming salt from food. F.D.A. Is Urged to Set Limits for Levels of Salt in FoodThe Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents companies that make packaged food, said it would cooperate with the F.D.A. in its salt reduction efforts." F.D.A. Is Urged to Set Limits for Levels of Salt in Food |
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