One year after filing, CSPI is writing to urge the FDA to grant our color additive petition by immediately publishing a notice to delist carcinogenic Red 3 for use in foods, supplements, and ingested drugs.
The FDA has the tools and expertise to make an important impact on the health of Americans through added sugar reduction. It should build on the momentum of its voluntary sodium reduction targets and provide similar guidance on added sugars reduction targets to create a healthier food supply and reduce the burden of diet-related chronic disease in the United States.
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CSPI supports the FDA objective of developing an antimicrobial use monitoring system for food-producing animals, as such a system can both better allow for policies targeted at reducing the practices that foster antimicrobial resistance and enable veterinarians and producers to better evaluate and consequently improve their own antimicrobial usage by comparing their practices to others.
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Big Dairy’s ‘cheese rider’ puts profit over kids, the link between dollar stores and community health, no more diet pills for kids in New York, and more food safety, health, and nutrition news.
Assessing additives in school snacks, creating a healthier retail environment, (finally) banning BVO, and more in this week’s food safety, health, and nutrition news roundup.
