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Long John Silver's Eliminates Trans Fat in Six Months

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
January 22, 2014
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Lawsuits Loom for Three Major Food Companies

CSPI Litigation Unit Notifies Kraft, Smart Balance, and Abbott Labs of Deceptive Labeling and Marketing
January 8, 2014
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Rapper Macklemore Sells Out By Endorsing Dr Pepper

January 7, 2014
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It's Sweet... But is it Safe?

CSPI’s 'Chemical Cuisine' Rates Artificial Sweeteners
December 31, 2013
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USDA Must Act on Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria, Says CSPI

Statement of CSPI Senior Food Safety Attorney Sarah Klein
December 19, 2013
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CSPI Urges Dismissal of "Pink Slime" Defamation Suit Against ABC and Whistle Blowers

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
December 18, 2013
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Voluntary FDA Approach on Antibiotics Must be Monitored to Avert Public Health Crisis, Says CSPI

Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal
December 11, 2013
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European Safety Review of Aspartame a Whitewash, Says CSPI

Group Says Consumers Should Avoid Aspartame to Decrease Cancer Risk
December 10, 2013
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CSPI Calls for USDA to Test Every Plant, Every Week for Salmonella

Statement of CSPI Senior Food Safety Attorney Sarah Klein
December 4, 2013
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What Makes the McRib the McRib? McRibbitives.

CSPI Rates the Additives in McDonald's Seasonal Pork Sensation
November 19, 2013
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Decisions, Decisions: Healthiest Choice at Restaurant Chains Isn't Always Obvious

Nutrition Action Healthletter Makes Choosing Easier
November 15, 2013
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CSPI Urges Food Industry to Follow FDA Draft Guidance on Acrylamide

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
November 14, 2013
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FDA Announcement Signals Eventual End to Artificial Trans Fat

CSPI Praises Historic Development in Fight Against Heart Disease
November 7, 2013
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Soda Spending Helps Sink Tax Proposal in Telluride

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
November 6, 2013
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Kraft Takes Food Dyes out of Some, But Not Most, Macaroni and Cheese

Statement of CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson
October 31, 2013
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Mexican Senate Passes Tax on Soda

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
October 31, 2013
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Sesame Workshop to Promote Vegetables and Fruits

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan
October 30, 2013
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Campaign to Get Dyes Out of M&M's Gains Momentum

100,000 People Sign Change.org Petition Urging Mars to Scrap Dyes, Linked to Hyperactivity in Children
October 30, 2013
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Health Watchdog Group Launches NutritionAction.com

CSPI Will Publish Nutrition Action Daily Tips and a Digital Companion to its Nutrition Action Healthletter
October 28, 2013
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Food Day Shines Spotlight on Local Solutions to Problems with Food System

Food Access and Food Insecurity Among Many Topics at 4,700 Events
October 24, 2013
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4,000 Events Expected Thursday for 3rd Annual Food Day

Apple Crunches, Local Food Festivals, and Campus Events Among Activities Highlighting Healthy, Affordable, Sustainable Food
October 22, 2013
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Health Groups to Katy Perry: "Please Stop" Marketing Pepsi

Experts Say Perry Putting Her Young Fans at Greater Risk of Obesity, Diabetes
October 18, 2013
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Young Chefs Get Cooking in Food Day Events Across the Country

Children Celebrate Food Day 2013 with Healthy Food Competitions, Classes, and Farm Shares
October 17, 2013
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Mars Should Stop Harming Kids by Coloring M&M's with Artificial Food Dyes, Says CSPI

In Europe, Most of the Colorings in M&M's are Natural
October 16, 2013
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Government Shutdown is Urgent Public Health Issue

Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal
October 10, 2013

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Nutrition Tips

See the news that calcium supplements are bad for your heart?

“Calcium supplements could increase risk of heart disease, new study finds,” said aWashington Post headline in October. “Calcium supplements could give you a heart attack,” wrote the New York Daily News.

Don’t panic. Relax. It’s not true

The Post and the Daily News and other media outlets evidently read the press release about this confusing new study and not the study itself. Nor did they put the new research into perspective.

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