Uneven Results Point to Need for FDA Guidance, Says CSPI April 5, 2016 A market basket survey of 451 packaged and restaurant foods posted a slight four percent reduction in sodium over a 10-year period, despite long-standing concern among public health …
CSPI Releases Analysis of Heartland Food Products' Defense of Sucralose April 11, 2016 In February, the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest downgraded its safety rating of the artificial sweetener sucralose, also known by the brand name …
Statement of CSPI Senior Scientist Lisa Lefferts April 13, 2016 The decision by the Food and Drug Administration that it will consider withdrawing its approval of the ubiquitous toxic chemicals known as ortho-phthalates from use in food packaging and …
April 20, 2016 The World Public Health Nutrition Association, World Obesity Federation, Consumers International, and health groups from around the globe are calling on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to adopt and enforce a policy of not marketing sugar drinks to …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman April 21, 2016 The Food and Drug Administration’s long-sought decision to allow manufacturers to begin adding safe amounts of folic acid to corn masa flour is an important nutritional advance for women …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson April 21, 2016 Boulder, Colorado, is the latest U.S. city looking to put the health of its citizens above the profits of Big Soda. Local community members and organizations announced today they will seek to …
Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan April 22, 2016 The U.S. Department of Agriculture update of the meal patterns and nutrition guidelines for child care facilities that participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program will mean …
Statement of CSPI Regulatory Affairs Director Laura MacCleery April 26, 2016 The Food and Drug Administration must ban pure, powdered caffeine and highly concentrated forms of liquid caffeine as an imminent public hazard. The deaths of two young men, Logan …
Absent Further Details, There’s Less than Meets the Eye About McDonald’s “Cleaner” McNugget, Says CSPI April 28, 2016 Headlines yesterday and today gave the impression that McDonald’s is test-marketing Chicken McNuggets that are “cleaner,” “healthier,” “ …
CSPI Praises Specific Recommended Limits on Added Sugars and Saturated Fat at 10 Percent of Calories Each January 7, 2016 Americans should be eating more fruits and vegetables and less added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium, according to the federal …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson December 16, 2015 The rider attached to the omnibus appropriations bill related to the Dietary Guidelines should have no effect on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and probably no effect on the …
Still, Americans Should Eat More, Not Less, Fruits and Vegetables December 3, 2015 Fresh produce items like cilantro, cucumbers, cantaloupes, and peppers that are often eaten raw cause more foodborne illness than any other single category of food, …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson November 30, 2015 You have to ask yourself: whom does the National Restaurant Association really represent? The association has announced it will sue to stop the New York City Department of Health and Mental …
November 30, 2015 Applebee’s will become the first family-dining restaurant chain to remove soda from its children’s menus, joining fast-food chains McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Dairy Queen. The move was praised by the nonprofit Center for Science …
Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson November 30, 2015 New York restaurant goers–unlike other Americans–will be better informed starting tomorrow whether they are getting a day’s worth of sodium in a single highly salted menu item, raising their …
Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe November 19, 2015 Today’s decision is an important test of the regulatory framework governing the food and environmental safety of genetically engineered animals and crops. We agree with the Food and …
Statement by CSPI Regulatory Affairs Director Laura MacCleery November 18, 2015 We applaud the nationwide crackdown on dietary supplement manufacturers conducted by the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration …
November 16, 2015 More than 50 of the country’s leading medical, public health, and nutrition organizations are writing Congressional leaders to oppose any anti-science riders on the expected omnibus appropriations measures that would undermine the …
CSPI Sues General Mills, Citing Misleading Labeling and False Advertising November 9, 2015 General Mills markets Cheerios Protein, a cereal ostensibly much higher in protein than its original Cheerios. But according to a class action lawsuit filed today, …
November 5, 2015 More than 180 prominent cardiovascular and nutrition scientists from 19 countries are calling on the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) to retract an “investigation” into the Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines …
