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Center for Science in the Public Interest

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    March 14, 2013

    Nickelodeon: Kid's Nutrition Enemy Number One?

    Despite his relatively healthful diet of kelp jerky, seahorse milk and bran flakes, SpongeBob SquarePants is being accused of leading children astray in nutrition. The Center for Science in the Public Interest has placed a wanted ad with the Nickelodeon character looking disgruntled and rocking a 5 ... More >>

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    January 31, 2013

    Taco Bell Benches Anti-Veggie Super Bowl Ad

    If you were planning to bring a veggie platter to a Super Bowl party this Sunday, maybe raise your hands and yell, "Score!" Right. Team Taco Bell dropped the ball this week, when their trash-talking anti-vegetable TV commercial was blocked by an aggressive Twitter campaign by irate people from Tea ... More >>

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    January 4, 2013

    FDA Proposes Tough New Food Safety Rules

    The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed new food-safety rules aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses at the source -- food processors and farms, Reuters reports. The new rules are a requirement of the Food Safety Modernization Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law two years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    Disney Bans Junk Food Ads Aimed at Kids

    The Walt Disney Co. announced yesterday that it will ban some junk food ads on its television channels, radio stations and websites aimed at children by 2015, Reuters reports. Disney is also starting its own "Mickey Check" label for food it deems to be nutritious, to help promote certain healthier f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Quorn: The Questionable Joys of Faux Meat

    Fake chicken products were the subject of a piece by Mark Bittman in this past Sunday's New York Times, in which he described one faux meat, known by the brand name, Quorn, as "pretty appealing in some instances." While the name Quorn conjures up images of the charming English village for which it's ... More >>

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    March 12, 2012

    Coca-Cola, Pepsi Will Modify Recipe to Use Less Cancerous Caramel Coloring

    As if you need another reason to scale back on all that soda pop: NPR and Reuters report that Coca-Cola and Pepsi will change their recipe slightly to reduce the amount of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a chemical that, in high very doses, has been known to cause cancer in animals. In sodas, it's used t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Xtreme Eating Awards Announced: Top 8 Worst Things To Eat

    Center for Science in the Public InterestThe Cheesecake Factory Farmhouse Cheeseburger​ This year's winners of the Xtreme Eating Awards have been named, just in time for us all to continue massively overeating. The so-called "dishonorees," as if we needed more clues as to the point of this, we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    19 Chain Restaurants Join Initiative to Offer Healthier Kids' Meals

    Flickr/fdecomite​ Nineteen restaurant chains, including Burger King and IHOP, have agreed to participate in a restaurant industry effort to promote healthier meals for children, Reuters reports. Conceived of by the National Restaurant Association, the voluntary program will focus on boosting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Groups Sue FDA Over Antibiotics in Animal Feed

    Flickr/delgaudm​ A coalition of consumer groups filed a federal lawsuit May 20 against the Food and Drug Administration, saying that the use of human antibiotics in farm feed creates dangerous "superbugs," Agence France-Presse reports. The suit alleges that the FDA has known since 1977 that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    USDA Releases Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010: Drink Water, Eat Less. Go Figure.

    USDA​Yesterday the USDA released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Got a pen? A keyboard? Your Twitter app? And it's not a lot of governmentalese this time (well, okay it is), but some very sensible recommendations. Eat less, drink more water rather than sugary drinks, seriously lower ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Mother Sues McDonald's Over Happy Meals

    Flickr/itspaulkelly​ Your kid's Happy Meal just got a little more unhappier, at least for McDonald's. Yesterday a Sacramento mother, Monet Parham, filed a class action lawsuit against the fast food giant. The suit was filed in conjunction with the Center for Science in the Public Interest in C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Daily News Reports "Midnight Run" to Spend Food Stamps; Bloomberg Shakes His Finger at Poor Soda-Drinkers

    Karen Apricot New Orleans/FlickrFood stamps accepted.​ We've told you before. Food stamps are hotter than the flames that hissed around that truck of yams on I-5 Thursday morning (where was a marshmallow avalanche and a dusting of brown sugar when you needed them, right?). If you require fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    McDonald's Being Sued Over 'Happy Meal' Toys Following California County's Move To Ban Them

    ​A nutrition watchdog group has threatened to sue McDonalds over its "Happy Meals." The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) threatened (PDF) to sue if the fast food chain did not stop using toys to market Happy Meals. "McDonald's practice of dangling toys in front of children is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    The 10 Foods Most Likely to Make You Barf, According to the CDC

    ​ With recent food-borne illness outbreaks linked to alfalfa sprouts and romaine lettuce, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has re-released its list of what the group calls the top 10 riskiest foods regulated by the FDA, based on cases of illness reported to the Centers for Diseas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    CSPI Releases Its Annual List Of The Fattiest Foods In America

    KFCThis did not make the list​Some restaurants, it seems, are trying their best to kill you as quickly as possible. While we knew that most dishes at places like The Cheesecake Factory and Outback Steakhouse were incredibly unhealthy, we still didn't know which ones were the absolute worst of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    What You Know Will Still Hurt You: New CA Law Forces Chain Restaurants to Print Calorie Counts

    Goodbye unconscious binge, hello nutrition facts. Thanks to Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), who signed a bill to force fast food joints to publish nutritional information for their customers, you will now be able to face the caloric reality of your food next time you sit down at a major chain rest ... More >>

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