US: FDA under pressure to introduce mandatory salt cuts
By: just-food.com | 21 April 2010
The US Food and Drug Administration should work with the food industry to introduce mandatory limits to the amount of salt added to foods, a new report has claimed.
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The US Food and Drug Administration should work with the food industry to introduce mandatory limits to the amount of salt added to foods, a new report has claimed.
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