Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo Wootan November 3, 2015 Only in Washington would a bill to gut calorie labeling at restaurants and other food establishments be called the “Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act.” Consumers deserve to know …
Video Seeks to #ShareHonesty on Soda October 27, 2015 When one opens a Coke, one “opens happiness.” At least according to Coca-Cola. The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest decided to test the proposition that soda equals happiness by …
Gillibrand Joins Food Policy Action, & CSPI to Highlight Need for Healthy School Meals as Congress Negotiates Child Nutrition Standards October 27, 2015 On Tuesday, October 27, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chef Tom Colicchio, Food Policy Action and …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman October 26, 2015 The International Agency for Research on Cancer has concluded that processed meats like bacon, sausage, and cold cuts are “carcinogenic to humans” and red meats like beef and pork are “ …
Improving Diets and Pushing Policy Changes are Food Day's Objectives October 22, 2015 More than 300 organizations will serve meals celebrating plant-strong diets packed with fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and small amounts of lean, sustainably raised …
October 22, 2015 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jeff Cronin for CSPI (202-777-8370) or Ami Hamilton for Plum Organics (510-898-7017) Plum Organics, a leading premium, organic baby and toddler food brand, today announced that it will modify the names of its baby and …
Hill Briefing to Serve Delicious School Meals that Meet Updated Nutrition Standards October 20, 2015 At lunchtime, fittingly, on Tuesday, October 27, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chef Tom Colicchio, special guest Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, the …
CSPI Says Agency Unlawfully Delaying Action on 2005 Petition October 8, 2015 The Center for Science in the Public Interest is taking the Food and Drug Administration to federal court over the agency’s failure to act on a 10-year-old petition asking the …
Special Interests Seek to Meddle in Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Says CSPI October 7, 2015 The same politicians who determined that pizza is a vegetable for the purposes of the school lunch program are now brandishing butter and bacon as health foods, …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson October 7, 2015 There’s a good reason why Americans concerned with their diet and health typically turn to a physician or a nutritionist, and not a politician or a lobbyist for Big Food. The members of the …
September 30, 2015 Labels for Coca-Cola’s Vitaminwater line of beverages will prominently add the words “with sweeteners” on two places on the label where the brand’s name appears, and the company can no longer claim that the product provides health …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman September 23, 2015 Today’s “feature” in the BMJ by journalist Nina Teicholz continues her distorted and error-laden campaign against the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee report. Earlier this year, …
Statement of CSPI Senior Food Safety Attorney David Plunkett September 21, 2015 The sentencing today of former Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell and his co-defendants, variously convicted of fraud, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and …
CSPI Urges Mandatory Labeling of Emerging and Serious Allergen September 17, 2015 ConAgra, Heinz, Land O’Lakes, and Unilever fail to disclose whether their products contain sesame—an emerging major allergen—even when asked directly by consumers, according …
Statement of CSPI Senior Food Safety Attorney David Plunkett September 10, 2015 Under the preventive controls rules released today by the Food and Drug Administration, food manufacturers must develop food safety plans for how they will mitigate or prevent …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson September 9, 2015 Overly salty chain restaurant meals are turning Americans’ hearts and brains into ticking time bombs—gradually raising our risks of suffering a heart attack or stroke. Reducing Americans’ …
Statement of CSPI Regulatory Affairs Director Laura MacCleery September 1, 2015 Today the Food and Drug Administration issued enforcement letters warning five companies that continuing sales of powdered caffeine will result in agency action, which could …
Spending Since 2009 Targets Taxes, Warning Label Measures August 25, 2015 Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and the American Beverage Association have spent at least $106 million to defeat public health initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels since 2009, …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson August 20, 2015 I commend Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent for recognizing that “the way we have engaged the public health and scientific communities to tackle the global obesity epidemic… is not working.” But the …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson August 19, 2015 Were it not for the physician and blogger Yoni Freedhoff, and an exposé in the New York Times, the public might still be in the dark about Coca-Cola’s covert effort to set up an academic- …
