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CSPI Urges FDA Not to Open Pandora’s Box with Sweeping Changes to Food Standards of Identity

Industry Proposal Would Change Standards for Many Staples

January 6, 2020

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Letter to FDA re: Meeting on Horizontal Approaches to Food Standards of Identity Modernization

January 6, 2020

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Report: Scroll and Shop

January 7, 2020

Tell Congress: It's Time to Check Behind the Barn Door

January 7, 2020

Even when there is an outbreak of deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria, agribusinesses can block the lock the barn door, keeping federal and state officials out.

But we’re supporting a bill that would change all that – and we need your help. Tell your member of Congress: Support the Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2019.

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Online Grocery Retailers Undermining Healthy Eating, According to CSPI Marketplace Scan

More than Half of Online Food and Beverage Promotions Are for Unhealthy Products

January 7, 2020

Urge online grocers to do better by their customers

January 8, 2020

Online grocery shopping is a growing solution for time-strapped shoppers. While it has the potential to support healthy eating, most of the foods and beverages promoted on online grocery platforms are unhealthy. Please email and urge online food retailers Amazon Prime Now, FreshDirect, Peapod (Giant), Safeway, Target, and Walmart Grocery to do better.

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Letter to FDA Requesting Enforcement Action on Unauthorized Low Sugar Claims

January 9, 2020

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Trump Administration Continues Assault on School Kids’ Meals

Statement of CSPI Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Colin Schwartz

January 17, 2020

Tell the USDA to Crack Down on Salmonella in Ground Beef

January 24, 2020

About 80,000 people get sick every year from Salmonella in beef. This is the estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency says it’s committed to driving those numbers down and has a proposal under review for testing and reducing contamination by Salmonella—and they want to hear from you!

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The Rise of Dollar Stores

February 13, 2020

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CSPI letter to FDA and FTC re Bakker

February 20, 2020

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CSPI Urges FDA Enforcement Action on Televangelist Jim Bakker’s Fake Coronavirus “Cure”

Letter Submitted to FDA and FTC

February 20, 2020

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Healthy Food for Healthy Kids Model Policy

February 24, 2020

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Despite Rollbacks by Trump Administration, Schools Should Not Reverse Progress on Whole Grains

February 25, 2020

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Transparency Advocates Win Victory for Public Access to Clinical Trial Data

CSPI President Dr. Peter Lurie a Plaintiff in Case vs. HHS

February 25, 2020

Tell the Trump administration: stop harming kids’ health

February 28, 2020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching another attack on the nutritional health of children. The latest proposal would allow students to choose pizza, French fries, and cookies regularly in place of a healthier school lunch. It would allow more French fries in place of carrots in school lunch, more fried hash browns in breakfast, and less fruit in some school breakfasts.