In announcing a draft compliance guide for FDA staff on enforcement about major food allergen labeling the agency has missed the mark with a comment about sesame activities, according to the Center for Science in
Continue Reading FDA’s draft guidance on allergen labeling met with lukewarm reception from consumer group
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Momentum for mandatory front-of-package nutrition labeling continues to grow as new organizations are joining the effort to encourage the Food and Drug Administration to develop labels that would call attention to high
Continue Reading A new CSPI national poll indicates an overwhelming favorable public response to the labeling change
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Editor’s note: Following is Tuesday’s testimony of Peter Lurie, MD, MPH, President and Executive Director, CSPI, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and
Continue Reading Testimony from the head of the Center for Science in the Public Interest on the infant formula crisis
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By Peter G. Lurie
The Food and Drug Administration’s internal report offers a comprehensive look at just how much work the FDA and Congress have before them in order to steer the
Continue Reading FDA self-assessment a start, but Congress needs to deliver
Several groups, including Consumer Reports and STOP Foodborne Illness, have written to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in support of increased food safety efforts regarding Salmonella in poultry.
The groups describe current regulations as “antiquated” and
Continue Reading Consumer groups encourage USDA secretary to continue efforts to make chicken products safer
Parents, consumer groups, and a congresswoman want to know why it took the FDA months to begin investigations into infant formula after learning of the beginning of a cronobacter outbreak that has seen at least
Continue Reading Questions loom as FDA remains quiet on investigation into infant formula outbreak
Founded in 1971, the Center for Science in the Public Interest is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year.
It is perhaps the oldest independent, science-based consumer advocacy organization with a record of accomplishments and a
Continue Reading Center for Science in the Public Interest marks 50 years of action in food safety
The USDA’S Food Safety and Inspection Service is giving a positive response to a citizen’s petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and Consumer Reports.
The two consumer groups by petition asked
Continue Reading CSPI/CR request to prohibit nitrate statements put on track for approval
President Trump’s executive order keeping meat plants open during the COVID-19 pandemic is a further threat to the health of the women and men who produce our food. The order would gut any incentive
Continue Reading Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole
Attorneys representing the Center for Science in the Public Interest sued USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in 2014 because the agency would not declare the most dangerous Salmonella strains as adulterants.
But after only
Continue Reading Marler ups the ante on meat industry; petitions USDA to ban 31 Salmonella strains
