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FSA: Salt sales might be up, but consumption is down

By Elaine Watson

The sharp rise in sales of salt over the past year is not a sign that consumers are increasingly compensating for the lack of salt in processed foods by adding more at the table, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has insisted.

CASH blasts food industry on salt levels (again)

By Elaine Watson

The food industry has been blasted by lobby group CASH (Consensus Action on Salt & Health) for the fifth time this year, this time for adding dangerously high levels of salt to barbecue foods.