Webinar on Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals (Edition 2) Draft Guidance and Preliminary Assessment of Progress October 10, 2024

Webcast | Virtual

• Date: October 10, 2024
• Time: 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET

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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will host a stakeholder webinar on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 1:00 pm ET to provide an overview of the recently released draft guidance outlining new, voluntary targets for sodium reduction in foods, as well as a preliminary assessment of progress 2010-2022. The draft guidance serves as Phase II of the FDA’s stepwise sodium reduction efforts and builds on the sodium reduction goals issued in 2021, now referred to as Phase I.  Phase II contains three-year sodium reduction targets for 163 food categories that are commercially processed and packaged or prepared in food service establishments such as restaurants. The targets are intended to help address the excess intake of sodium in the U.S.—which is currently almost 50 percent more on average than the recommended limit.

Preliminary data from 2022 Sodium Reduction in the U.S. Food Supply 2010-2022: A Preliminary Assessment of Progress show that about 40% of food categories had already reached the Phase I targets or were very close. This is based on data comparing 2010, the baseline year used for the Phase I targets, and 2022, the most recent date for which data were available.  More data will become available later to assess the full time covered by the Phase I targets (through April 2024). 

The new draft voluntary sodium reduction guidance is part of the White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to help reduce diet-related diseases by 2030 and aligns with the Healthy People 2030 goal of reducing average sodium intake to approximately 2,750 milligrams/day in the U.S.

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Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction of Speakers/Technical Experts 
  LCDR Janesia Robbs, Communications and Public Engagement Staff, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), FDA
• Overview of Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals (Edition 2) Draft Guidance and Preliminary Assessment of Progress
  Dr. Robin McKinnon, Senior Advisor for Nutrition Policy, CFSAN, FDA
  Ms. Kasey Heintz, Nutrition Scientist, Office of Food Additive Safety, CFSAN, FDA
• Question & Answer Session
  LCDR Janesia Robbs, Communications and Public Engagement Staff, CFSAN, FDA
  Dr. Robin McKinnon, Senior Advisor for Nutrition Policy, CFSAN, FDA
  Ms. Kasey Heintz, Nutrition Scientist, Office of Food Additive Safety, CFSAN, FDA
  Ms. Lauren Zhovmer, Mathematical Statistician, Office of Food Additive Safety, CFSAN, FDA