An Act to Protect Youth from the Health Risks of Sugary Drinks: A factsheet

Sugary Drinks

An illustration of a little girl throwing away a salt shaker

Potassium salt can cut the sodium and improve health

Potassium salt can help food companies and home cooks use less sodium to prevent high blood pressure and other health concerns.

SodiumOctober 11, 2024M.M. Bailey

Halloween candy spilling out of purple pumpkin bucket

Titanium dioxide is lurking in these Halloween candies

The food color additive titanium dioxide can potentially cause genotoxicity, or DNA damage, but is used in hundreds of Halloween treats.

Food AdditivesOctober 9, 2024Zachary Goldstein, MS

A well toasted grilled cheese sandwich in a frying pan.

Consumer groups concerned by Bimbo Bakeries' response to FDA warning letter

Food LabelingOctober 9, 2024

Bimbo Bakeries response letter to FDA

Arturo Carrillo, Vice President of Quality and Food Safety at Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU), writes on behalf of BBU President Tony Gavin in response to the FDA's warning letter dated June 17, 2024 regarding the labeling of certain BBU products. View the resource below to read the letter.

Food Labeling

Capsules filled with yellow herbal supplement powder resembling toxic yellow oleander

FDA expands list of supplements containing toxic yellow oleander

FDA warns online shoppers that tejocote root supplements may contain toxic yellow oleander, which causes severe health risks and may be fatal.

SupplementsSeptember 30, 2024Adrienne Crezo

A ham, salami, and cheese sandwich with lettuce and topped with peppers on white deli paper.

Letter to USDA on recent listeria outbreak

Members of Congress remain deeply concerned regarding the deadly Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats from a Boar’s Head Facility in Jarratt, Virginia. In the largest listeriosis outbreak since 2011, 19 states have been affected, 59 persons hospitalized, and 10 have died. This outbreak could have and should have been prevented. What is especially troubling is how egregious sanitation problems occurred despite supposed regular oversight; oversight which typically includes at least one inspection per shift. View the resource below to continue reading.

Government Accountability

Sliced ham on a wooden cutting board beside two tomatoes, a knife, a scallion, and rustic brown bread.

Letter to Boar's Head on recent listeria outbreak

Members of Congress write to Boar's Head to inquire about the deadly Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats from a Boar’s Head Facility in Jarratt, Virginia. In what is now the deadliest Listeria outbreak since 2011, 19 states have been affected, 59 persons hospitalized, and 10 have died. View the resource below to continue reading.

Government Accountability

A small mountain of assorted pre-packaged foods

Sign-on letter in support of the TRUTH in Labeling Act (S.3512/H.R.6766)

Food Labeling

Tortilla press, testales (maize dough) and resulting tortillas. Process of making corn tortillas

Corn masa fortified with folic acid would save Latine lives

Folic acid fortification of corn masa products, like tortillas, could reduce the gaps in neural tube defects in the Latine community.

Industry AccountabilitySeptember 12, 2024M.M. Bailey