House GOP Farm Bill framework fails to protect SNAP

Don't miss these 6 spring fruit finds in season right now

Can't wait for in-season summer fruit? It's easy to find spring fruit surprises like gold kiwi, honey mango, donut peaches, and apriums, now.

The Food Industry’s False Claims About Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling: A Fact Sheet

Fact sheet: food marketing to kids

Food companies market their products to children in a variety of ways. Whether kids see food advertisements on television, in schools, or online, food marketing can impact their food preferences, choices, intake, and purchase requests. Unfortunately, much of the food marketing children are exposed to is for unhealthy food, like sugary drinks and fast food. The U.S. government must act in order to protect children of all ages from unhealthy food and beverage marketing. View the fact sheet to learn more.

Opiates and poppy seeds: CSPI sues FDA for failing to protect consumers

CSPI vs. FDA: complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief introduction

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing the Food and Drug Administration for failing to act on a regulatory petition asking the agency to protect consumers from poppy seeds contaminated with dangerous levels of opiates. Click "View Resource" to see the complaint

Processed Meat Petition

Advancing equity in the Farm Bill: Opportunities for the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program

"The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) is a federally funded grant program that provides nutrition incentives—subsidies for purchasing fruits and vegetables (FV)— to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. GusNIP currently advances nutrition equity by improving FV access for people with low incomes, yet inequities exist within GusNIP. We sought to identify inequities in GusNIP at the community, organization, partner, and individual levels and develop recommendations for farm bill provisions to make the program more equitable." Click on the link below to keep reading.

Six ways to advance equity in GusNIP

Less than 1% of SNAP participants receive GusNIP benefits, yet funds are still not enough to meet demand. The 2024 Farm Bill could raise program funding from $250 million in the current five-year funding cycle to $3 billion in the next. View the infographic to learn more.

Final guidance on regulation of genetically altered animals rightfully awards regulatory authority to FDA