Responding to the Food and Drug Administration’s draft guidance on long-term voluntary sodium-reduction targets, IDFA and the National Milk Producers Federation last week called for the removal of the entire cheese category from both FDA’s long- and short-term reduction goals. In comments to FDA, the groups stressed that the goals are likely to be unachievable without sacrificing product quality, food safety and other critical product attributes.
In June, FDA issued draft guidance to encourage U.S. food companies to reach voluntary sodium reduction targets for their products. Noting that the average sodium intake per person is approximately 3,400 milligrams (mg) per day, FDA drafted the two-year and 10-year targets for industry to help the American public gradually reduce sodium intake to 2,300 mg a day.
The comments, submitted last Friday, respond to FDA’s request for comment for 10-year reduction goals and reinforce earlier comments submitted by IDFA and NMPF in October for FDA’s two-year reduction goals.
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