Sentences with phrase «sodium reduction targets»

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has also urged the FDA to «expedite evaluation» of the petition in comments on the agency's sodium reduction targets, adding:

The FDA's move to include potassium as one of the nutrients that must be listed on the Nutrition Facts panel (the FDA is also raising the DRV for potassium from 3,500 mg to an RDI of 4,700 mg)- coupled with its new sodium reduction targets - have focused attention on potassium chloride (KCL), a leading salt replacer.

In June 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced draft voluntary sodium reduction targets, which were partly informed by the design of the National Salt Reduction Initiative.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) last week urged the Food and Drug Administration to ensure any proposed long - term sodium reduction targets are based on a review of the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for sodium, future knowledge gained from work on the short - term sodium reduction targets, results of new research that will become available on human health outcomes and dietary sodium intake, and the emergence of new technologies that allows sodium reduction targets to be safely and effectively achieved.

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement an interim final or final rule regarding nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) that --(1) requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based on volume; (2) implements a sodium reduction target beyond Target I, the 2 - year target, specified in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, «Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs» (FNS — 2007 — 0038, RIN 0584 — AD59) until the Secretary certifies that the Department has reviewed and evaluated relevant scientific studies and data relevant to the relationship of sodium reductions to human health; and (3) establishes any whole grain requirement without defining «whole grain.»

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The Grocery Manufacturers Association issued the following statement by Leon Bruner, Chief Science Officer, on the draft sodium reduction guidelines and food category targets released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

In comments submitted to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on the sodium reduction guidelines and food category targets due yesterday, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) recommended that categories be streamlined and the timeline to meet the short - term reduction goals be extended to at least four years.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) In comments submitted to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on the sodium reduction guidelines and food category targets due yesterday, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) recommended that categories be streamlined and the timeline to meet the short - term reduction goals be extended to at least four years.

The F.D.A. set a two - year reduction target of 440 mg of sodium per 100 grams for white bread, down from a 2010 baseline of 523 mg of sodium in the sales - weighted mean concentration of sodium per 100 grams.

However, schools are now relieved having to meet the laws more rigorous sodium - reduction targets 2 and 3.