CSPI Says FDA Should Give Industry 30 Days to Take Products off the Market June 3, 2013 Following a government report that the herbal ingredient Ginkgo biloba causes cancer in lab animals, the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest is urging …
Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson May 29, 2013 The wheels of government grind slowly, to be sure, but I wonder whether the Treasury Department truly needed ten years to make this small bit of "interim" progress on alcohol …
Sugar Drinks' Role in Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease Warrants Strong National School Beverage Standards May 28, 2013 When the U.S. Department of Agriculture implements new national nutrition standards for beverages sold through school vending …
Progress Has Almost Stopped May 23, 2013 Food manufacturers have made considerable progress reformulating products to reduce or eliminate artificial trans fat in doughnuts, margarine, frozen French fries, and other foods, but in more recent years progress …
Multidrug-Resistant Strains in Ground Turkey, Beef Sickened 168 in 2011 May 16, 2013 Leading consumer advocacy and public health organizations today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to respond to a two-year-old petition submitted by the Center …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman May 14, 2013 The new sodium report from the Institute of Medicine should not keep the government, food industry, health professionals, and consumers from acting on a public health problem of critical …
Despite Bayer's Representations, Its Multivitamins Won t Prevent Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, or Other Conditions, Says CSPI May 3, 2013 Bayer makes unsubstantiated and illegal claims that One A Day multivitamins can prevent various diseases, …
Scientists Call for Mandatory, Phased-In Limits on Salt in Food to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease May 13, 2013 Food manufacturers did not make much progress between 2005 and 2011 in reducing sodium levels in packaged and restaurant foods, according to a …
Wrigley Latest Mainstream Food Company to Add Caffeine to Product Enjoyed by Kids April 29, 2013 While the Food and Drug Administration is investigating deaths linked to caffeinated energy drinks, the Center for Science in the Public Interest hopes the …
Chicken Nuggets, Ham, and Sausage Pose Least Risk of Severe Foodborne Illness, According to New Analysis April 23, 2013 Ground beef and chicken are by far the riskiest meat and poultry products in the American food supply and pose the greatest likelihood …
CSPI Downgrades Safety Rating of Common Supplement Ingredient April 18, 2013 Consumers should avoid Ginkgo biloba, a common ingredient in dietary supplements, herbal teas, and some energy drinks, based on a new study from the government's National …
Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal April 18, 2013 The increased number of infections from Campylobacter and Vibrio is troubling. Although these pathogens cause fewer outbreaks, they are causing significant and sometimes serious …
Local Health Departments & Advocacy Groups Seek to Discuss Placement of and Advertising for Sugar Drinks April 10, 2013 Supermarkets and pharmacies could help reduce Americans' rates of obesity and diabetes by increasing their marketing of no- or …
April 1, 2013 Two of the nation's largest food industry groups, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the National Restaurant Association (NRA), and the nation's most prominent nutrition advocacy group, the Center for Science in the Public …
Subway Stands Out as Only Chain Meeting CSPI Criteria March 28, 2013 Nearly all of the meal possibilities offered to kids at America's top chain restaurants are of poor nutritional quality, according to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public …
Public Health Budget Cuts May Undermine Reporting, According to Latest Outbreak Alert! Report from CSPI March 25, 2013 Foodborne illness outbreaks are trending downward, according to a new review of outbreaks by the nonprofit Center for Science in the …
Modest Improvement Not Sufficient, Given Kids Obesity Rates, Says CSPI March 21, 2013 Nearly 70 percent of the food ads during SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fairly Odd Parents, iCarly, and other popular children's shows on the …
CSPI Asks Secretary Vilsack to do More to Foster Coexistence March 20, 2013 The U.S. Department of Agriculture should require that biotechnology companies mandate that farmers who purchase genetically engineered seeds take steps to limit GE crops' …
CSPI Report Tells How Big Soda's "Philanthropy" Buys Friends, Silences Critics, and Sweetens Profits March 19, 2013 The injunction issued last week by New York Supreme Court judge Milton A. Tingling against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's …
CSPI Ad in Hollywood Reporter Takes On Junk-Food Pitchman SpongeBob SquarePants March 13, 2013 Nickelodeon is "WANTED" for impersonating a responsible media company, while it actually markets junk-food and obesity to children. That's the …
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