Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan November 30, 2011 McDonalds decision to start charging 10 cents to have toys added to Happy Meals in San Francisco is a brazen and cynical attempt to circumvent the citys law to …
Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal November 30, 2011 Today's announcement by the National Academy of Science that USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service should dramatically increase the amount of testing and …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan November 15, 2011 It's a shame that Congress seems more interested in protecting industry than protecting children's health. At a time when child nutrition and childhood …
Supplement Taken for Depression May Counteract Antidepressants, Contraceptives, and Other Drugs November 10, 2011 Dietary supplements containing St. Johns wort may interfere with birth control, antidepressants, blood thinners, and other …
Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson November 9, 2011 We are disappointed that, after 12 long years, the FDA rejected our petition and a more recent petition to ban non-medical uses of antibiotics in animals. The industry's …
CSPI Says Beverage Lobby Wants to Undermine Mayors' Efforts to Reduce Soda Consumption November 3, 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors should withdraw from a $3 million deal it forged with the soft drink industrys lobbying arm, …
APHA Cites Deaths Due to Heart Disease and Stroke November 1, 2011 The largest organization of public health professionals in the world is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to begin regulating the amounts of salt and other sodium- …
Mayors, Governors Use Occasion to Accelerate Progress for Healthier Diets and Smarter Food Policies October 26, 2011 From Times Square to Tucson , Food Day events across the country brought hundreds of thousands of Americans together at more than 2 …
Observations Include an Eat In in Times Square; a Festival in Savannah, GA; an Open House at the National Archives; and Events in Schools, Churches, Campuses, and Homes October 24, 2011 Today a diverse range of organizations, public officials, …
Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson October 20, 2011 The Institute of Medicines proposal is eminently sensibleand will probably be roundly condemned by food manufacturers. A simple icon with 3, 2, 1, or zero check marks would …
Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit by the Foot, and Fruit Gushers Make Misleading Claims of Healthfulness, Says CSPI October 14, 2011 Something is mostly missing from Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit by the Foot, and Fruit Gushers, according to a complaint filed today in …
"Terrific 10" and "Terrible 10" Lists Symbolize Hopes and Concerns of Food Day October 13, 2011 Organizers of Food Day have named the Terrible Ten factors impairing Americans diets, health, and environment and that exemplify …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan October 12, 2011 What an unseemly spectacle it is to see panicked junk-food advertisers running to Congress for help fending off the innocuous, voluntary guidelines for food marketed to …
Batali, Bayless, Krieger and Other Chefs Give Ideas for Healthy, Sustainable, and Delicious Meals October 4, 2011 Food Day, taking place on October 24, is a grassroots mobilization for improved food policyperhaps the largest ever. Although Food …
Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal September 27, 2011 The tragic deaths from Listeria monocytogenes that are linked to tainted Colorado-grown cantaloupes is an urgent reminder that consumers are waiting for the Food and …
Scientists Support Work of Administrations Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children September 27, 2011 The Obama Administration should resist the food and advertising industries pressure to torpedo voluntary nutrition guidelines for …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan September 15, 2011 Other restaurants should follow Darden's lead and clean up their menus to make it easier for adults and children to choose healthy options. What's on the …
Statement by CSPI Staff Attorney Sarah Klein September 13, 2011 Todays announcement by USDA that it will expand its E. coli testing program for beef beyond O157:H7 to search for six other potentially deadly strains of E. coli is welcome news for …
Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal August 31, 2011 Most responsible food companies would be horrified to learn that customers who purchased their products became sickened with Salmonella . But after 20 people in 10 states …
Teachers Invited to Observe Food Day with Healthy Lessons August 25, 2011 Organizers of Food Day today published a curriculum for teachers to use on and around Food Day , a nationwide grassroots campaign on October 24 to encourage Americans to eat …
