Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in assessing progress and working with industry on meeting the short-term (2.5 year) voluntary sodium reduction targets, released after a long delay in October 2021 and which are to be achieved by industry in 2024, and setting a timeline for establishing interim and long- term voluntary targets with accompanying report language; and • $6,000,000 for consumer-awar. [...] For sodium consumption, the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that no more than 2,300 mg/day sodium is safe for ages 14 years and up and reduced the amount of sodium considered safe for children ages 4-8 years to ≤ 1,500 mg/day and to ≤ 1,800 mg/day for children ages 9-13 years based on the 2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Dietary Reference Inta. [...] The transparency afforded by the report will make clear how sodium reduction efforts are progressing and allow the USDA and other stakeholders to identify unique challenges, available resources, and efforts needed to safeguard child nutrition and health. [...] Second, we urge you to provide $1,000,000 to aid the FDA in working with industry and measuring progress on meeting the voluntary 2.5 year sodium reduction targets, and setting a timeline for establishing interim and long-term voluntary targets that would bring overall sodium levels in the food supply down to levels that help consumers meet the Dietary Guidelines, as originally intended. [...] While we applaud the House for providing $3 million for these efforts in the FY2022 spending bill, we were disappointed that the funding was not included in the final omnibus bill and encourage Congress to include our request for $6,000,000 in the FY2023 appropriations bill.
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