United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2024_register executive 2024-08-16 article Notices D09002ee1ca75d6bf D09002ee1ca75d7e7 United States Department of Health and Human Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Food and Drug Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods (Edition 2)." The draft guidance, when finalized, will describe our views on the next voluntary goals (Phase II (3-year)) for sodium reduction in a variety of identified categories of foods that are commercially processed, packaged, or prepared. These goals are intended to address the excessive intake of sodium in the current population to help reduce the burden of diet-related chronic disease, promote improvements in public health, and advance health equity by supporting a healthier food supply. 89 FR 66727 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-16/2024-18261 2024-18261 fr16au24-128 4164-01-P Docket No. FDA-2014-D-0055 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-16/2024-18261 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-16/html/2024-18261.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-16/pdf/2024-18261.pdf 3 p. 66727 66729 89 FR 66727 Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods; Draft Guidance for Industry (Edition 2); Availability; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue NOTICE 2024-18261 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration 2024-11-14 Docket No. FDA-2014-D-0055 4164-01-P 2024-18261 Notice of availability.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods (Edition 2)." The draft guidance, when finalized, will describe our views on the next voluntary goals (Phase II (3-year)) for sodium reduction in a variety of identified categories of foods that are commercially processed, packaged, or prepared. These goals are intended to address the excessive intake of sodium in the current population to help reduce the burden of diet-related chronic disease, promote improvements in public health, and advance health equity by supporting a healthier food supply.

Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by November 14, 2024 to ensure that we consider your comment on the draft guidance before we begin work on the final version of the guidance. Kasey Heintz, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Food Additive Safety, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-1376; or Holli Kubicki, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Regulations and Policy, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-2378. Guidance: Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods (Edition 2), http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2019/dietary-reference-intakes-sodium-potassium.aspx https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024446 https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/ https://www.fda.gov/FoodGuidances https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf https://www.regulations.gov Vol. 89, no. 159 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2024-08-16 continuing daily deposited born digital 455 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-16 P0b002ee1ca74cd81 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr16au24 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-16/pdf/FR-2024-08-16.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-16/xml/FR-2024-08-16.xml fdlp 66543 66986 DGPO 2024-08-16 2024-08-16 FR-2024-08-16 machine generated eng FR FR-2024-08-16 89 159