To Improve Nutrition And Reduce The Burden Of Disease, FDA Issues Food Industry Guidance For Voluntarily Reducing Sodium In Processed And Packaged Foods

From: Janet Woodcock, M.D. Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs – Food and Drug Administration and  Susan T. Mayne, Ph.D. Director – Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)

The following is attributed to Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D., and Susan T. Mayne, Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

A cornerstone of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s public health mission is to reduce the burden of chronic disease through improved nutrition. As a nation, we are facing a growing epidemic of preventable, diet-related conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, and the agency’s work in this area has become even more urgent. For these reasons, we’re taking a critical step to further address preventable diet-related chronic diseases and advance health equity that we hope will become one of the most significant public health nutrition interventions in a generation.

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