City of Philadelphia - File #: 180001-A

• File #: 180001-A
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 1/25/2018
• In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
• Final action: 6/21/2018
• Title: Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by adding a new Chapter 6-310, entitled "Sodium Safety Warning Labeling for Chain Restaurants."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
• Indexes: SODIUM SAFETY WARNING LABELING FOR CHAIN RESTAURANTS
• Code sections: Title 6 - HEALTH CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/12/2018	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/21/2018	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/14/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/14/2018	2	CITY COUNCIL	AMENDED
6/14/2018	2	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
5/10/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
5/10/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
5/10/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
5/7/2018	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/7/2018	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
5/7/2018	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	AMENDED
5/7/2018	1	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
1/25/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by adding a new Chapter 6-310, entitled "Sodium Safety Warning Labeling for Chain Restaurants."

Body
WHEREAS, excess sodium is associated with elevated rates of hypertension, leading to an increased risk of stroke, heart disease, and premature mortality, according to numerous studies, including a 2013 meta-analysis published in BMJ;

WHEREAS, Philadelphia has extraordinarily high rates of hypertension and the highest rate of premature death from heart disease of the ten largest U.S. cities, according to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the National Center for Health Statistics Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke;

WHEREAS, African-American Philadelphians have even higher rates of hypertension (48%) and premature death from heart disease (69.1/100,000) than Philadelphians as a whole, according to the 2014/2015 Public Health Management Corporation Household Health Survey and the Department of Public Health's 2012 Vital Statistics Report;

WHEREAS, average daily sodium intake in the United States is approximately 3,400 milligrams (mg), according to a 2010 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, while the Institute of Medicine has established a tolerable upper intake limit for sodium of 2,300 milligrams (mg);

WHEREAS, decreasing sodium intake has the potential to decrease hypertension rates by 25%, according to a 2010 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine;

WHEREAS, 77% of sodium comes from processed and restaurant foods, and many individual restaurant food items contain more than a day's worth of sodium at the tolerable upper intake level of 2,300 milligrams (mg), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2009 study published in the Journal of Retailing; and

WHEREAS, Philadelphians currently have no reliable and readily available way to identify restaurant food items containing high levels...