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Unexpected Consequences: Miscarriage and Birth Defects from Tainted Food

January 1, 2000

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Protect your Unborn Baby Fact Sheet

January 1, 2000
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New FDA Rule on Dietary Supplements Will Not Alleviate Consumer Confusion

Statement of Bruce Silverglade, Director of Legal Affairs, Center for Science In the Public Interest
January 6, 2000
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Miscarriage, Birth Defects “Too High a Price to Pay” for Tainted Food Charge Victims and Health Group

USDA Petitioned to Require Meat Processors to Conduct Safety Tests
January 13, 2000

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Halting the Obesity Epidemic: A Public Health Policy Approach

February 1, 2000
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CSPI Urges USDA to Determine if U.S. Beef is Tainted With the Hormone DES

U.S. Sold Beef with Cancer-Causing Hormone to Swiss
February 2, 2000
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Obesity Epidemic “Deadly” Result of Societal Shifts in the 20th Century

Experts Challenge Legislators, Educators, Urban Planners, Businesses, Nonprofits to Adopt New Tactics to Combat Obesity
March 9, 2000
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Stevia: Not Ready For Prime Time

More Research Needed To Answer Safety Questions About “Natural” Sweetener
March 21, 2000
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FDA Urged to Prohibit Same Claims for Dietary Supplements and OTC Drugs

March 30, 2000

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The genetically modified food fight

April 1, 2000
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Consumer Group Applauds Bill Requiring Nutrition Labeling on Fresh Meat and Poultry

April 4, 2000
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Consumer, Labor, and Environmental Groups Tell Clinton Administration To Support Openness at Global Food Safety Meetings Despite Industry Opposition

April 10, 2000
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Nutrition Experts and Diet-book Authors Urge Government to Test Weight-loss Plans

April 11, 2000
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Groups Urge White House to Call for Moratorium on WTO Challenges to Consumer and Environmental Protection Rules

April 13, 2000
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FDA Announcement on Bioengineered Foods “Step Forward but Not Enough”

Statement of Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Science In the Public Interest
May 3, 2000
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FDA Inaction on Raw Oysters Means More “Deaths on the Half Shell”

Research Shows Economic Feasibility of New Consumer Protections
May 10, 2000
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“Saccharin Should Not Have Been Delisted”

May 15, 2000
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Dioxin Report Means ‘Eat Less Meat, Cheese’

May 17, 2000
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Sugar Intake Hit All-time High in 1999

Government Urged to Recommend Sugar Limits
May 18, 2000
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Groups Petition National Academy of Sciences for more Committee Balance and Conflicts of Interest Disclosure

May 22, 2000
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Stores Accused of ‘Price Gouging’ on Irradiated Meat

May 24, 2000
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CSPI to Urge Taxes on Junk Foods to Fund Health Campaigns

May 25, 2000
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Judge’s Ruling in Texas Case Could Cause More Contaminated Meat to Reach Consumers

Statement of Caroline Smith DeWaal, Food Safety Director, Center for Science In the Public Interest
May 25, 2000
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“Dietary Guidelines: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back”

May 26, 2000
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Tax Soda and Snacks to Promote Health

Measure Recommended in the American Journal of Public Health
June 1, 2000

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Nutrition Tips

This three-quarter-pound slice of cake has nearly a full day’s calories

Like most restaurants, TGI Fridays serves plenty of 1,000-calorie appetizers and entrées. So naturally, customers are going home famished unless they order dessert. 

Not to worry. Fridays’ Red Velvet Sparkler Cake to the rescue.

It’s “a three-tiered red velvet cake that’s a Friday night celebration in itself, layered with cream cheese frosting then topped with whipped cream and candy sprinkles,” says the chain.

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