Salt Group
Salt Subgroup
The present report has been prepared in response to a request, from the Food Standards Agency and the Chief Medical Officer of Wales, for a risk assessment of salt by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).
The evidence published since 1994 has been appraised, in a methodological fashion, to assess whether the previous recommendation to reduce salt intakes in the population remains valid. It is the first time that an expert committee has specifically undertaken a review of the evidence on salt and health in the UK.