New York City considers salt ban; Will Boston be next?

BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - It's in most everything we eat, from main courses to baked goods, but tonight one councilor in New York City wants to ban salt.

With some of these food bans, Boston will follow suit. FOX25’s Sara Underwood hit some local restaurants to ask chefs what they thought.

At one Italian hot spot in the South End, chef and restaurant owner Evan Deluty says the proposed ban is ridiculous.

“It's like asking an artist to paint a painting with out a canvas,” said Deluty.

The bill was introduced in the New York legislature by assemblyman Felix Ortiz, who reportedly said the salt ban would give consumers more control over the amount of sodium they eat.

If passed, restaurants would be fined $1,000 dollars for each violation.

Boston banned trans fats in restaurants in 2008, two years after New York City did.

Deluty said the trans fat ban made sense to him, but a ban on salt, he said would destroy the restaurant industry.

“It would be disastrous,” he said.