CSPI Says FDA Findings at Egg Farm are "Stomach Churning"
August 30, 2010

Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal
While it is really helpful that FDA is disclosing the results of their recent inspections of two facilities linked to a major illness outbreak from contaminated eggs, FDA's findings are truly stomach churning. FDA found rodents and wild birds in the facilities, and five of the Wright County Egg facilities had giant manure piles inside their buildings. These violations are reminiscent of similar findings in another major outbreak linked to peanut butter.

Super Sizing Alive and Well at Nation's Chain Restaurants
August 30, 2010

Nutrition Action Healthletter Illustrates How One ‘Serving’ Is Really More Like Two, Three, or Four
WASHINGTON—A typical burrito weighs about 5 ounces, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Yet a Chicken Burrito at Chipotle weighs four times as much, delivering 970 calories—including 300 calories from the white-flour tortilla alone. As Nutrition Action Healthletter illustrates in its September issue, Chipotle and other chain restaurants are reprogramming Americans’ expectations of what a “serving” of a food is.

Largest Egg Recall in History Exposes Cracks in Egg Oversight
August 19, 2010

Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal
It is truly ironic that the largest egg recall in history has unfolded just the month after long-awaited egg regulations went into effect. This outbreak will likely grow over the coming weeks, as at least 10 states are investigating outbreak clusters.

CSPI to Drop Litigation Over Coke's Faded "Enviga"
August 17, 2010

Sales Reportedly Plummeted After State Attorneys General Won Labeling Concessions
WASHINGTON—The Center for Science in the Public Interest will not appeal a federal appeals court decision blocking a New Jersey woman’s lawsuit over false weight-loss claims made by Coca-Cola for Enviga. Enviga is a line of artificially sweetened green tea-based soft drinks whose labeling and advertising claims that the drink “burns calories.” Launched with considerable fanfare in 2006, Enviga has since faded into obscurity.

CSPI Warns of More Recalls Linked to Beef, Lettuce
August 16, 2010

Statement of CSPI Staff Attorney Sarah A. Klein
As August grilling season continues and consumers are topping their burgers with lettuce, the unfortunate parade of outbreaks and recalls linked to contaminated food continues. USDA and FDA have each recently announced significant recalls of ground beef contaminated with E. coli and bagged lettuce contaminated with Listeria.