Sodium reduction efforts lagging as year-end deadline approaches: Health Canada - Food In Canada

Sodium reduction efforts lagging as year-end deadline approaches: Health Canada - Food In Canada

As part of the Healthy Eating Strategy, Health Canada has been working with food industry stakeholders to gradually and safely reduce sodium levels in the food supply. It recently conducted a study to assess progress being made toward the voluntary sodium reduction targets that were set in 2020 for many processed food categories. Those targets were intended to guide industry in reducing the sodium content of foods by the end of 2025 to help brin…