Center for Science In The Public Interest

1. Yum! Brands Praised for Adding Calorie Counts to KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell Menu Boards
   Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. JacobsonYUM! Brands' groundbreaking announcement that it will add calorie counts to menu boards at KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Long John Silver's is fabulous news for health-conscious consumers. Talk about thinking outside the bun!
   2008-10-01
   
   

2. California First State in Nation to Pass Menu Labeling Law
   Schwarzenegger Signs Historic Measure Putting Calories on Menu BoardsWASHINGTON—California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed landmark legislation that will put calorie counts on chain restaurant menus and menu boards. Though enacted in New York City, Seattle, and several other jurisdictio...
   2008-09-30
   
   

3. Despite Pledges, Nickelodeon Still Marketing Nutritionally Poor Food
   WASHINGTON—Despite its public statements and pledges to help combat childhood obesity, the overwhelming majority of foods marketed by the children's media giant Nickelodeon are of poor nutritional quality, according to an analysis conducted by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
   2008-09-23
   
   

4. FDA to Announce Rules for Engineered Animals
   Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory JaffeToday the government formally acknowledged that genetically engineered animals need regulation and oversight. It may seem strange to consumers that the Food and Drug Administration wants to treat genetically engineered animals as "new animal dru...
   2008-09-18
   
   

5. FDA Web Site on Drug Ads Developed by Drug Industry PR Firm
   Should Pharma PR Pros Write the Government's Advice to Consumers?WASHINGTON—Drug ads can be confusing and often deceptive, so it makes sense that the Food and Drug Administration would develop a web site aimed at helping consumers separate fact from fiction. But to develop such a site the FDA turne...
   2008-09-15
   
   

6. MillerCoors Drops Offensive Sparks Ads on Heavy.com
   Statement of CSPI Alcohol Policies Director George A. HackerThe Beer Institute has notified CSPI that MillerCoors has decided to eliminate its offensive, degrading, and ill-intentioned ad campaign for Sparks on the Heavy.com web site. But that move does not merit praise. Like a mugger taking a day...
   2008-09-12
   
   

7. MillerCoors Under Fire for Raunchy, Soft Porn Ads for Controversial "Sparks" Energy Brew
   Sponsored Videos on Heavy.com Aimed at 18+ Violate Industry's Voluntary Advertising CodeWASHINGTON—Megabrewer MillerCoors is coming under fresh fire for advertising its caffeinated alcoholic drink Sparks with web videos that portray drug use, explicit sexual content, misogyny, and that otherwise exu...
   2008-09-11
   
   

8. CSPI Sues to Stop MillerCoors' "Sparks" Alcoholic Energy Drink
   Caffeinated Booze Linked to Binge Drinking, Drunk Driving, and AssaultsWASHINGTON—The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest today filed suit against MillerCoors Brewing Company, formerly Miller, over its alcoholic energy drink, Sparks. The product has more alcohol than regular beer an...
   2008-09-08
   
   

9. Lab Tests Point to Problems with Trendy New Stevia Sweetener
   CSPI Urges More Testing Before Stevia Extract is Used in Food, DrinksWASHINGTON—Coca-Cola and Pepsi are planning to introduce new drinks made with rebiana, an extract of stevia leaves that is 200 times sweeter than sugar. But according to a new 26-page report by toxicologists at the University of C...
   2008-08-28
   
   

10. Local and State Governments Call for Federal Action to Reduce Salt Levels in Food
    Cutting Salt Could Save 150,000 Lives Each Year, Officials SayWASHINGTON—With high-salt diets increasingly being recognized as a major cause of high blood pressure, heart attacks, and strokes, health officials from around the country have called on the Food and Drug Administration to press food manu...
    2008-08-25
    
    

11. FDA Approves Irradiation for Spinach, Lettuce
    Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaalFDA's announcement today that it will allow food processors to irradiate some leafy greens (spinach and iceberg lettuce) may not be the futuristic cure-all the agency is looking for. Irradiation is a treatment used at the end of production...
    2008-08-21