Sodium working group to recommend voluntary reductions
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Sodium working group to recommend voluntary reductions.
Federal regulations aimed at reducing the amount of salt in prepared foods would be too cumbersome, complex and expensive to implement, according to Health Canada’s Sodium Working Group (SWG). The SWG has decided to recommend voluntary reductions “as a first step,” Vice Chair Mary L’Abbe says. “Voluntary, but they will be very visible and public targets. The visibility brings a certain level of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3100