Following the high health consciousness among the people and the risks of high salt content a Judge has enforced a new rule on the restaurants of New York to mention the salt alert in the dishes that are above the limit level.
State Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower passed the rule on Wednesday that will give the power to the city to make a rule, which is very new to the city.
The restaurants must put the salt-shaker icon at the sides of the dishes on the menu that have more than allowed salt content in the dish which means above 2,300 mg of sodium, which is approximately equal to a tablespoon.
"This is really good news for the health of New Yorkers," said Dr. Mary Bassett, the city's health commissioner, according to reports from Business Insider.
The chain of restaurants located in more than 15 locations, which failed to follow this rule, can be sued by the city.
This will be a blow to the restaurants as the customers may become conscious about the dish seeing the icon.
There is the probability of diminishing customers to the restaurant if they have more salt shakers in the menu.
This may be a welcoming one in the view of health. It will allow the restaurants to go for healthier dishes on the menu that will be less in salt content.
Less sodium lesser will be the health risks. The daily appetite of the people will be satisfied along with the care for the health.
However, it seems that the restaurant owners are disappointed about this enforcement. Last December, The National Restaurant Association filed a lawsuit to stop the enforcement of the rule, according to CNBC.
The rule will be in an act from March 1, after which, non-abiding restaurants and food chains will be fined up to $600.
