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Salt targets 2017: second progress report

A second detailed report assessing progress towards meeting the 2017 salt reduction targets, principally for the food industry and public health bodies.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 7 September 2020
• Last updated: 8 September 2020 — See all updates

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Report: the food industry’s progress towards meeting the 2017 salt targets

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1434

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Salt targets 2017: second report on progress (tables)

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1434

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Details

This report includes a detailed assessment of progress by the food industry towards meeting the salt reduction targets set in 2014 and to be achieved by December 2017.

The report includes:

• background to the salt reduction programme
• an assessment of progress towards meeting the 2017 salt targets for retailers and manufacturers
• an assessment of progress towards meeting the 2017 salt targets for the eating out of home sector
• the extent to which targets for foods contributing the most to dietary sodium intakes have been met

Published 7 September 2020
Last updated 8 September 2020 + show all updates

1. 8 September 2020

   Replaced Salt targets 2017: second report on progress (tables) ODS document with MS Excel spreadsheet, as tables 7 and 13 did not render correctly in ODS document.

2. 7 September 2020

   Added Report: the food industry’s progress towards meeting the 2017 salt targets.

3. 7 September 2020

   First published.