Center for Science in the Public Interest

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

More than 60 people are confirmed sick with Salmonella infections in a multistate outbreak linked to fresh papayas from Mexico, according to a public alert issued this afternoon. Federal officials

By Coral Beach

/ 28 Jun 2019

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

Scientists urge surgeon general to issue warning about unwashed poppy seeds

In a letter to the country’s top medical official, the Center for Science in the Public Interest asked U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to issue an advisory warning

By Coral Beach

/ 4 Jun 2019

Scientists urge surgeon general to issue warning about unwashed poppy seeds

FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging

Opinion Today, the FDA doubled-down on its flawed 2005 and 2017 decisions to allow the hazardous chemical perchlorate to be added to dry food packaging. The FDA denied a

By Guest Contributor

/ 24 Apr 2019

FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging

ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted

ALERT: A USDA spokesperson told Food Safety News the agency is not staffing its phones dedicated to consumer complaints about meat, poultry and processed egg products during the partial government

By Coral Beach

/ 17 Jan 2019

ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted

USDA won’t name turkey plants, despite 164 illnesses and 1 death

The public doesn’t need to know which turkey plants have been found to be contaminated with a deadly strain of Salmonella that has infected people in 35 states, federal

By Coral Beach

/ 15 Nov 2018

USDA won’t name turkey plants, despite 164 illnesses and 1 death

Make leafy greens “high risk” and chase them down quickly, say consumer groups

There’s no indication yet that anyone is the least bit embarrassed about the failure to yet identify the precise source of an E. coli O157: H7 outbreak involving at

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 May 2018

FDA’s delay of Nutrition Facts label a blow to public health

Editor’s note: This contributed opinion column by Dr. Peter G. Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest is republished here with permission. To read this

By Dr. Peter G. Lurie

/ 30 Sep 2017

Health advocates say FDA ignored law, science on perchlorate

Using the same mechanism that resulted in the banning of cyclamates in 1970, a group of public health watchdog organizations is challenging the FDA’s decision not to ban perchlorate

By Coral Beach

/ 8 Jun 2017

Food safety insecurity used as a hook against regulatory reform

Each side has just the congressional recess left to practice its hyperbole for the coming Senate fight over how regulations will be used across government. It’s going to get

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Apr 2017

Something fishy: FDA’s final advice on when to eat which fish

The Food and Drug Administration issued its “final advice” on fish and shellfish this week, warning against eating some species and encouraging Americans to eat three servings a week of

By Coral Beach

/ 20 Jan 2017

The man behind ‘Nutrition Facts’ is leaving CSPI’s top job

Michael F. Jacobson will move from being the executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest to chief scientist, beginning in September 2017. He has co-directed

By Center for Science in the Public Interest

/ 3 Nov 2016

Survey of store recall notification policies shows efforts are ‘inadequate’

A new survey of 32 leading grocery chains about their in-store recall notification practices reveals policies so “woefully inadequate” that consumers may or may not hear about recalled food

By News Desk

/ 25 Aug 2016

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Center for Science in the Public Interest

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

Scientists urge surgeon general to issue warning about unwashed poppy seeds

FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging

ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted

USDA won’t name turkey plants, despite 164 illnesses and 1 death

Make leafy greens “high risk” and chase them down quickly, say consumer groups

FDA’s delay of Nutrition Facts label a blow to public health

Health advocates say FDA ignored law, science on perchlorate

Food safety insecurity used as a hook against regulatory reform

Something fishy: FDA’s final advice on when to eat which fish

The man behind ‘Nutrition Facts’ is leaving CSPI’s top job

Survey of store recall notification policies shows efforts are ‘inadequate’

Your Support Protects Public Health