First they came for my lightbulbs...
Now the Federal government will decide how much salt you can eat.
^Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which first petitioned the FDA to regulate sodium in 1978, said voluntary efforts by industry are laudable, "but they could change their minds tomorrow...Limiting sodium might be the single most important thing the FDA can to do to promote health."^
^..."We can't just rely on the individual to do something," said Cheryl Anderson, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who served on the Institute of Medicine committee. ^
It's become quite obvious that there are no limits to this kind of thinking anymore. But after all, you're valuable state property now.