A coalition of physicians, scientists, and public health and environmental organizations Thursday sent a formal petition to the Food and Drug Administration calling on the agency to rescind its approvals for bisphenol A (BPA) in
Continue Reading Groups petition FDA to restrict bisphenol A in food packaging for harmful effects
The USDA has announced the recall of nearly 30,000 pounds of ground beef, including Kroger-branded ground beef sold at Fred Meyer and QFC supermarkets, as well as products sold at Albertsons, Walmart, and WinCo grocery
Continue Reading Ground beef sold at Kroger, Walmart, other major retailers recalled for E. coli risk
UPDATE: On Jan. 6, 2022, the USDA announced the recall of 28,356 pounds of ground beef, including Kroger-branded ground beef sold at Fred Meyer and QFC supermarkets, as well as products sold at Albertsons, Walmart,
Continue Reading Consumer Reports issues alert on certain ground beef after finding E. coli O157:H7
Whether you missed it or don’t much care about raising chickens, the current issue of Consumer Reports has a warning about those “super-tasty, super-popular and super-cheap” Costco rotisserie chickens.
In a word, CR’s warning is
Continue Reading CR’s main worry about Costco’s rotisserie chicken is the load of sodium
Consumer Reports today (Sept. 29) urged baby food manufacturers and the Food and Drug Administration to take quick and decisive action to address the “disturbing” findings in a new report issued by the U.S.
Continue Reading House report on baby food shows FDA, companies must take action now
The Beech-Nut Nutrition Co. Tuesday initiated a recall of some of its infant cereal because of excessive levels of arsenic. Also, the company will stop selling it, saying it may not be able to consistently
Continue Reading Beach-Nut recalls infant rice cereal, terminates production of single grain rice cereal and earns praise from CR
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
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that will help protect consumers from the harmful effects of a dangerous class of chemicals linked to serious health problems, according to Consumer Reports.
The new law
Continue Reading New York becomes third state to ban PFAS chemicals in food packaging
The new Consumer Reports soon hitting mailboxes returns to one of CR’s old mainstays—Safe drinking water. In short order, it teaches how to check on your tap water, discloses test results for 45 bottled water
Continue Reading Water and chemicals that never go away are subjects of Consumer Reports cover story
Everybody knows the story about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and that porridge that was too cold and too hot but was finally “just right.” Consumer Reports is looking at coming out “just right” in
Continue Reading Consumer Reports takes consumers by hand on fresh produce and pesticides
