Salt Institute advocates federal WIC program use iodized salt
The federal government has a large program to improve nutriiton for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), the sensitive target group for the international campaign to improve iodine nutrition. Noting that U.S. iodine intakes for this group have declined over the past 35 years, Morton Satin, director of technical and regulatory affairs for the Salt Institute, has called upon the U.S. Department of Agriculture to include iodized salt in its "WIC Food Packages." He noted that eliminating Iodine Deficiency Disorders was identified as a priority concern of the UN's 1990 World Summit for Children and that there is expert consensus that iodizing salt is the preferred public health nutrition strategy. USDA, he added, should promote that pregnant women choose iodized salt in preparing foods.
