Lawmaker Walks Back Salt Ban

Assemblyman Felix Ortiz brought the ruckus last week when the media caught wind of his proposal to fully ban "the use of salt by restaurants in the preparation of food." The anti-salt assault prompted such a backlash (even nanny Bloombeg thought he went too far!) that Ortiz, a Democrat whose district includes Sunset Park, has now backed away from the bill, and is advocating a more moderate salt-reduction policy. "My intention for this legislation was to prohibit the use of salt as an additive to meals," Ortiz said in a statement. "If salt is a functional component of the recipe, by all means, it should be included." Nevertheless, there's a sharp contrast between Ortiz's stated intent and what he actually put in the bill.

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By John Del Signore in Food on March 16, 2010 11:12 AM

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jt10000

Dang, I agree with Ides.

Cannibal

someone snorkel this guy

Wish

This is just dumb.

RevWaldo

has now backed away from the bill, and is advocating a more moderate salt-reduction policy.

- I'm gonna break your arms and legs!

- You can't do that! I like my arms and legs the way they are!

- OK, we'll compromise. I'll just break one arm and one leg.

- Well, that sounds reasonable, OK.

Guest

good. i almost thought of using salt in my sweat as an additive--i mean, i hear that some people already eat mom-cheese.

Guest

human recycling?

Think2wice

At least tax the salt, don't ban it outright.

Stevennnn

Giving government too much power always turns out really bad.

Guest

Let's just ban food altogether. It gives everyone cancer or diabetes or makes us overweight or contributes to global warming (farting from eating too many beans or overfarming to raise cattle) or contributes to longer lives which contributes to more pollution and so on and so on.

No wait, let's ban lawmakers instead.