The final rule “Revision of the Nutrition Facts Labels for Meat and Poultry Products and Updating Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed” and the proposed rule “Changing the Labeling Requirements for Processed Products That Contain Nitrate or Nitrite” have both been delayed multiple times. CSPI writes to request a meeting to understand what is causing these delays and help facilitate the timely release of these two rulemakings affecting transparency and consumer health.
Packing lunch for school? Our 14 best tips will ensure your child has a healthy, safe, allergen-free meal full of vitamins, fiber, calcium, and protein.
Eating fresh, seasonal produce is easy with our guide to choosing, preparing, and storing the best in-season fruit and vegetables available in September.
Many restaurants have updated their children’s menus to better support children’s health, such as through the introduction of healthy default beverages or the adoption of whole menu nutrition standards. Ordering food online for pick-up in-store or delivery is now a common way people interact with restaurants. While convenient, online ordering can limit customers’ abilities to ask questions and make substitutions. Restaurants that offer online ordering options must provide the same choices that are available on-site to ensure consistency and convenience, while still prioritizing children’s health.
This guide offers advice on how restaurants can still promote healthier options on their kids’ menu on online ordering platforms, while allowing for substitution and customer choice.
A Listeria outbreak in deli meat from Boar's Head has caused multiple deaths and a recall of certain products. Learn more about the bacteria and food safety tips.
The cereal aisle is full of brightly colored boxes and flashy marketing…and many kids are full of opinions. Here are 7 tips to help you wade through your supermarket’s sea of cereal boxes together and choose a winner that’s rich in whole grains, not too sugary, free of food dyes, and kid friendly. We've included a list of more than two dozen healthy cereals for kids that fit the bill.
CSPI greatly appreciates the USDA’s continued efforts to increase access to healthy foods even when school is not in session. CSPI stands for ensuring year-round access to nutritious food for children through participation in the Summer EBT program. CSPI commends the USDA for the overall launch of this important program, for adjusting benefits issuance based on location of participants, and maintaining the value of benefits through future inflation adjustments. To reduce barriers to participation at both the state- and participant-level, we propose the following recommendations to be considered by the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. Our recommendations are specific to Section 2 Subparts B and E of the IFR.
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In October 2023, CSPI’s Litigation Department and its co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of CSPI against EpicGenetics alleging that its claims about its laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) for fibromyalgia and a condition the company calls “Immune Deficiency Disease” are false and misleading.
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