Center for Science in the Public Interest

The Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, calling on the agency to take steps to keep four, antibiotic-resistant, salmonella strains out of the food supply. The move came on the same day the nonprofit and other groups sued the U.S. Food...

If you've ever wondered what those tongue-twisting, multi-syllabic ingredients in your food were, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has an app for you. The nutrition, health and safety issue watchdog group has put its Chemical Cuisine database in a mobile application available for...

Is Ben & Jerry's ice cream health food? Not exactly, though the images of contented cows and bucolic vistas tend to suggest that. In fact, all that goodness is headed for your waistline. Eat just a half cup (a quarter of the pint) of Americone Dream and you're packing away 270 calories, 15...

The Center for Science in the Public Interest today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of certain caramel coloring in foods and sodas including Coca-Cola and Pepsi products, pointing to research that showed the additive caused cancer in lab mice and rats. "If consumers...

Two consumers sued grocery giant Safeway, claiming that the retailer didn't tell them about product recalls -- and the nonprofit group is supporting the lawsuit. The suit was filed today in California Superior Court and seeks refunds for recalled products and a commitment from Safeway to use its...

Better tracking and communication is needed to find causes of food borne illnesses -- and hopefully keep consumers from getting sick from food poisoning, said the nonprofit group Center for Science in the Public Interest in a report released today. CSPI studied 10 years of data from the U.S....

Comparing a McDonald's Happy Meal toy to an irresistible centerfold, Center for Science in the Public Interest Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson today announced a lawsuit against the fast-food giant for marketing to children. "Dangling a toy in front of a child is like putting a scantily clad...

After decades of mounting evidence that synthetic food dyes are unhealthy, and after years of campaigning by a leading public health watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration has made a move to consider restricting risky food dyes. The additives, mostly found in packaged and restaurant foods,...

If lasagna wasn't already heavy enough, how about tossing it into a deep fryer? The Olive Garden chain figured that was a great idea and now one healthy eating advocacy group is saying the appetizer is so over-the-top bad for you that it's "food porn." The healthy eating advocates at the Center...

Fast food giant McDonald's isn't happy over a proposal in San Francisco that would ban toys from Happy Meals and other kids' food unless the meals met certain nutritional standards. Under San Francisco's proposal, toys would be banned if the single food item or meal is high in calories, salt and...