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Sodium: Why the Concern?

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  • Putnam, Judy Jones
  • Reidy, Kathleen

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Concerned that indiscriminate use of salt and other sodium compounds contributes to the incidence and severity of hypertension and other ailments, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has started a campaign to persuade Americans to cut excess sodium from their diets. One step in that campaign will be an effort to encourage industry to add less sodium to processed foods. FDA will propose requiring manufacturers to disclose the amount of sodium in products when they use a nutrition label. In addition, FDA will consider legislative options for including sodium labeling on products without nutrition labeling where the need is evident. Finally, it plans to monitor changes in sodium consumption to see whether progress is achieved.

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  • Putnam, Judy Jones & Reidy, Kathleen, 1981. "Sodium: Why the Concern?," Food Review/ National Food Review, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 0(1), September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersfr:280993
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.280993
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