Apparently 3.7 million people in Buenos Aires suffer from high blood pressure, a condition linked to excessive salt consumption. As the average Argentinian consumes 13 grams of salt a day (the WHO says 5g is the healthy limit), the government has ordered the removal of salt shakers from restaurant tables. Waiters are officially no longer authorised to pass the salt until after you've tasted your food. Seems a little Draconian - on closer inspection of a salt shaker in a fast-food restaurant, I think a better solution would be to reduce the size of the hole(s). There's also never any pepper on the tables here - you have to ask for it.
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