Major drive needed to cut levels of salt in food

MORE effort is needed to further reduce the salt content in the food we eat, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

It says that strong progress has been made across the Irish food industry to reduce the level of salt in manufactured and prepared foods, but that substantial further efforts would be required to reduce average daily salt intake by Irish adults to 6g by 2010.

The current average intake is 10g — 66% higher than the recommended daily allowance.