GOOD NEWS! See the following information below about an important hearing to improve food labeling regarding sodium and change the "generally regarded as safe" status of sodium added to foods unnecessarily. Please consider submitting comments (you have until March 28, 2008 to submit comments).  Let's make sure that the FDA is aware of the many Americans who care about the extra, unnecessary sodium in our foods!

Public Hearing

Salt and Sodium: Petition to Revise the Regulatory Status and

Establish Food Labeling Requirements Regarding Salt and Sodium

Docket No. 2005P-0450
November 29, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740-3835

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public hearing concerning FDA's policies regarding salt (sodium chloride) and sodium in food. FDA also is announcing the availability for comment of a citizen petition, submitted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), requesting that FDA make changes to the regulatory status of salt, require limits on salt in processed foods, and require health messages related to salt and sodium. The purpose of the hearing is for FDA to share its current framework of policies regarding salt and sodium and to solicit information and comments from interested persons on this current framework and on potential future approaches, including approaches described in the citizen petition.

*Federal Register Notice of Meeting October 23, 2007

*Register Online

Important Dates:

- October 22, 2007 - Registration opens. You may register online beginning October 22, 2007

- November 8, 2007 - Persons who wish to request an opportunity to make an oral presentation at the hearing must submit a notice of participation by November 8, 2007

- November 21, 2007 - Deadline for Advance Submission of Notice of Participation is November 21, 2007

To Register go to: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/registe7.html