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Peter's Memo: Fighting for clearer food labels

Consumers have a right to know what’s in their foods and beverages. That’s why the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Nutrition Action’s publisher, has long fought for labels that tell the whole story.

Food SafetyMarch 20, 2023Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
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Have a food allergy? This industry practice could increase your risk

Adding sesame to food products is a quick-and-dirty means to address cross-contact risks and prevent potential recalls for undeclared sesame, because these protective steps aren’t required when an allergen is already declared as an ingredient. So, companies may imagine, it’s better to add a new allergen and declare it than to actually clean up production lines to reduce it.

Industry AccountabilityJanuary 31, 2023Sarah Sorscher, JD, MPH, Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
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FDA urged to prohibit food companies from intentionally adding an allergen, sesame, to evade cross-contamination rules

As a result, many manufacturers are labeling foods and cleaning up production practices to prevent foods from becoming contaminated with sesame through accidental cross-contact. But some manufacturers have responded to the new law by intentionally adding sesame to ingredients lists.

Government AccountabilityJanuary 30, 2023
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Re: Petition to FDA to notify manufacturers that they cannot mitigate allergen cross-contact risks by adding sesame and other major allergens to foods

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) submits this petition under 21 U.S.C. § 350g, 5 U.S.C. § 553(e), 21 C.F.R. § 117.135, and 10 C.F.R. § 10.30 to equest that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs issue a notice to manufacturers and update its industry guidance to prevent manufacturers from intentionally adding sesame and other major allergens to products when they identify allergen cross-contact risks, a practice that violates food safety rules.

Government Accountability
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Peter's Memo: The fight for Alcohol Facts

At the Center for Science in the Public Interest, we’re not only pushing for better food labels. For decades, we’ve also been fighting for labels that give consumers critical facts about alcohol.

Food LabelingNovember 15, 2022Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
Food and Drug Administration

Comment to FDA re: draft guidance on allergen labeling

CSPI urges the agency to lay out a plan to proactively consider new allergens and develop controls for allergens prioritized under the proposed framework. We also urge FDA to develop an approach to prioritizing food intolerances not covered by the current guidance.

Food Safety
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FDA comes up short again in new guidance on allergen labeling

For any agency already in the spotlight for its repeated failures to take timely action on food safety and nutrition, the Food and Drug Administration had an opportunityto show leadership in protecting consumers from food allergens. Unfortunately, the draft guidance issued today by FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition falls short in giving consumers the protections we expect.

Food SafetyApril 18, 2022Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
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Letter to FDA re: Adverse event reporting

CSPI writes to draw FDA’s attention to our new publication in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology titled “Adverse Events and Labeling Issues Related to Suspected Sesame Allergy Reported in an Online Survey.” This study adds to the body of literature documenting under-reporting of adverse events related to foods to FDA. We request a meeting with the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) to discuss our findings and, more generally, our recommendations for an improved adverse event reporting system.

Food Safety
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Quorn products

CSPI’s intervention in this lawsuit led to a stronger settlement agreement for consumers with additional changes to Quorn’s label.

LitigationOctober 8, 2021
CSPI Celebrates Passage of the FASTER Act Declaring Sesame a Major Food Allergen

CSPI celebrates passage of the FASTER Act making sesame a major food allergen

The Center for Science in the Public Interest was the first organization to call for sesame to be labeled, petitioning the FDA in November 2014 to extend similar allergen disclosure requirements to sesame as were already provided for the “major” allergens.

Food SafetyApril 15, 2021
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