date:Feb 22, 2013
reed targets.
The government salt-reduction agreement follows voluntary commitments by individual food manufacturers to reduce salt and sugar levels in various food products.
In November 2012, the Heart Foundation called for mandatory nutrition levels to be set in all Australian foods.
Last year the George Institute for Global Health examined around 28,000 products and found that in spite of voluntary salt-reduction commitments, salt levels had risen by an average of 9 per cent.
AFGC CEO Mr G