New York City Mayor Tackles Salt

New York could become the first US city to label high-sodium menu items in chain-restaurants after new health regulations were proposed this week.
The New York City health department proposed that restaurants with 15 or more locations use small salt shaker notations to mark any meal with more than 2,300mg of sodium – about one teaspoon of salt – are considered to be high-sodium items.
The recommended intake of dietary sodium is 2,300mg a day, yet just one in 10 Americans abide by this guideline, according to the Associated Press. Instead, average sodium consumption is about 3,400mg of sodium a day.
Lori Roman, president of the Salt Institute, a trade association for salt producers said “This is another example of the government creating policy based on outdated, incorrect sodium guidelines that have been refuted by ten years of research,”