Video: Salt content in the dishes on the menu: mandatory in New York
2024 Author: Cody Thornton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 12:26
New York becomes the first city in the world where restaurants and fast food restaurants are obliged to indicate the salt content in food.
The disturbing image of a white salt shaker on a black triangle speaks for itself: the dish exceeds 2.3 grams of salt (recommended daily amount) and therefore exposes you to the risk of cardiovascular diseases, heart attacks and strokes. And as if that weren't enough, restaurants and fast food restaurants are also required to display the label too much salt is bad “.
According to statistics, the consumption of salt by New Yorkers is around 3.4 grams of salt per day, well above the average.
It all began in 2013 with a survey by the city health department. Result: 23.9% of New York adults suffer from hypertension. There are many contributing causes, but according to medical tables, the main one is excessive salt intake.
New York restaurants have time until March 1, 2016 to comply, although some chains such as Applebee's have already adapted to the new regulations.
But the question of savory menus is becoming a national case after the NRA (National Association of Restaurants, which represents over 380,000 businesses, a real power) decided to challenge the decision before a court, arguing that imposing the label is illegal in as the department does not have the powers to do so.
In case the law must be approved by the city council of the American city.
Even in the wake of this controversy, one wonders what would happen if such a decision, born from a good intention, that is, to provide consumers with transparent nutritional information, were taken in Italy.
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