Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports wants USDA to release information about Salmonella testing for chicken products

The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives.

By Coral Beach

/ 12 Jun 2026

Consumer Reports wants USDA to release information about Salmonella testing for chicken products

More consumer groups fighting FRESH Act

The FRESH and Affordable Foods Act would preempt, retroactively and prospectively, state food chemical laws.

By Coral Beach

/ 5 May 2026

Little voluntary movement by companies to remove artificial food dyes spurs action by Consumer Reports

A year after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. encouraged food companies to voluntarily phase out their use of synthetic dyes, little action has been taken. According

By Coral Beach

/ 23 Apr 2026

Little voluntary movement by companies to remove artificial food dyes spurs action by Consumer Reports

Sunday Edition: Salmonella in Poultry

Rules banning Salmonella in poultry have been derailed.

By Bill Marler and Dan Flynn

/ 14 Dec 2025

Consumer Reports finds excessive amounts of lead in protein shakes

Consumer Reports is urging the FDA to establish strict limits on lead in protein powders and shakes in light of its new investigation that found troubling levels of toxic heavy

By News Desk

/ 16 Oct 2025

Consumer Reports finds excessive amounts of lead in protein shakes

California enacts an ultra-processed food law but only for public school meals

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a first-in-the-nation law to legally define ultra-processed foods, or UPF, and phase out the most harmful ones from California public school

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Oct 2025

California enacts an ultra-processed food law but only for public school meals

California law will ban ultra-processed foods in school meals

California’s first-in-the-nation law to phase out ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in public schools is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Differing versions of Assembly Bill

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Sep 2025

California law will ban ultra-processed foods in school meals

USDA pulls back from declaring it illegal to sell Salmonella contaminated poultry

Poultry producers will continue to be able to legally sell products contaminated with Salmonella now that the USDA has withdrawn a proposed regulation. The “Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry” had

By Coral Beach

/ 25 Apr 2025

USDA pulls back from declaring it illegal to sell Salmonella contaminated poultry

FDA puts food safety rule on hold

The FDA is delaying enforcement of the Food Traceability Rule, which has been in the works for 14 years, by another 30 months. In an announcement on March 20, the

By Coral Beach

/ 21 Mar 2025

Consumer Reports unveils the most contaminated poultry plants in the U.S.

Consumer Reports has released details of an investigation highlighting the most contaminated poultry processing plants in the U.S., pinpointing those with persistently high levels of Salmonella contamination. The worst

By Jonan Pilet

/ 19 Mar 2025

Consumer Reports unveils the most contaminated poultry plants in the U.S.

FDA plans infant formula testing program following Consumer Reports study

The FDA has launched a program, titled Operation Stork Speed, to help ensure the safety of infant formula. The Food and Drug Administration’s action comes as Consumer Reports releases

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Mar 2025

FDA plans infant formula testing program following Consumer Reports study

FDA employees now lack the tools to do their jobs

— OPINION — Many critical functions of the food division of the Food and Drug Administration have been drastically slowed or entirely stopped since late January, potentially making Americans less safe, current

By Consumer Reports

/ 11 Mar 2025

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Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports wants USDA to release information about Salmonella testing for chicken products

More consumer groups fighting FRESH Act

Little voluntary movement by companies to remove artificial food dyes spurs action by Consumer Reports

Sunday Edition: Salmonella in Poultry

Consumer Reports finds excessive amounts of lead in protein shakes

California enacts an ultra-processed food law but only for public school meals

California law will ban ultra-processed foods in school meals

USDA pulls back from declaring it illegal to sell Salmonella contaminated poultry

FDA puts food safety rule on hold

Consumer Reports unveils the most contaminated poultry plants in the U.S.

FDA plans infant formula testing program following Consumer Reports study

FDA employees now lack the tools to do their jobs

Your Support Protects Public Health