The Food and Drug Administration has issued new guidance that aims to reduce sodium content in commercially processed, packaged, and prepared foods.
The guidance provides voluntary short-term sodium reduction targets for food manufacturers, chain restaurants, and food service operators.
Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, says it’s time to heed the advice of the FDA and reduce sodium consumption in diets.
“We want to get back to where we were before COVID but to do that we have to prevent these kinds of diet-related conditions and diseases and not just try to treat them and remediate,” he says.
