The MedSafe Compliance Corner

Recently the Salt Institute (a trade group for salt companies) has accused the federal government of bias and breaking federal law by disregarding scientific literature in its recommendations that Americans consume less sodium. In a 17-page letter sent to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), they wrote, “The Dietary Guidelines on sodium should be withdrawn and all legislative or regulatory actions based on them reversed or halted in order to protect the health of Americans.”