The Food and Drug Administration has issued proposed guidance that would attempt to reduce sodium levels in prepackaged food. According to the FDA, the typical American adult consumes an average of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed allowing salt substitutes more as part of efforts to reduce sodium consumption. As part of the Biden administration's National Strategy on Hunger, ...

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal to allow use of salt substitutes to reduce the sodium content in standardized foods has been cited to falsely claim that salt is being replaced with ...

WASHINGTON — Patient advocates are warning that a recent proposal from the Food and Drug Administration meant to reduce consumers’ salt intake could inadvertently kill those with kidney disease, ...

The Food and Drug Administration is asking food manufacturers and restaurants to cut the salt in their products over the coming 2½ years with the goal of reducing Americans' overall sodium intake by ...

FDA has consistently pursued its aim of encouraging US consumers to eat less salt. As we have previously written, FDA issued a Voluntary Sodium Reduction guidance in October 2021 to support the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a new policy detailing how manufacturers of drug products containing salts should name their products. Both FDA and USP's policies apply to a ...