The bars and restaurants of the province of Buenos Aires shall include in their letters of menu legend “excessive salt consumption is harmful to health” and will also be required to make available to customers dietary with low content of sodium salt
Is because thus had before it it a law that sanctioned the Buenos Aires legislature, which provides for fines ranging from 300 to 5,000 pesos, prior warning of the implementing authority, and the disqualification of the establishment up to 180 days in the event of recidivism.
The project of the front for victory Viviana Arcidiácono Senator search “prevent disease, improve the quality of life of citizens and save for future medical expenses,” according to noted legislator to Radio 10.
As he argued, “it is estimated that if salt was halved, be they saved from death by this cause two million and a half people each year in the world”, by which he deduced that “healthy reduce the excessive consumption of salt in food is essential for good health”.
In this regard, explained that the need to implement the legend in the menus “lies in the importance of generating some impact on consumers and create a collective awareness of the risks of consuming too much sodium”.
While the possibility of dietary salt low sodium, “tries to kick off a modification in the food culture of the society, learning to consumers of the existence of a healthier product and that would not alter the taste or predilection of these
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Consulted on the “protectionist” role of the State before the adoption of this regulation, Arcidiácono considered that “it is not the State cares that generates preventive rules”. “We have to make a change in culture, that is done with information” secured.
