Board of Health votes unanimously to require menu items with more than 2,300mg to bear salt shaker symbol as restaurant owners raise concerns
Salty fare from sandwiches to salads will soon come with a first-of-its-kind warning label at chain restaurants in New York City.
The city Board of Health voted unanimously Wednesday to require chain eateries to put salt-shaker symbols on menus to denote dishes with more than the recommended daily limit of 2,300mg of sodium. That’s about a teaspoon.
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