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December 15, 2009
b>Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan/b>br/>The federal government is headed in exactly the right direction with the draft nutrition standards proposed for foods that are marketed to children. If adopted, the landscape of kids food advertising would shift quite dramatically in favor of foods that promote health, and away from foods that promote obesity and disease. If these standards are adopted, it would be one of the most significant developments in this area in 30 years.
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December 9, 2009
b>Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan/b>br/>General Millswhich has included whole grains in all its cerealsis taking another important step in the right direction by pledging to cut the sugar in the cereals it advertises to children. As sugary cereal is one of the top products marketed to children, we hope the company swiftly implements these changes and that Kellogg, Post Foods, and other competitors quickly follow General Mills lead.
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December 9, 2009
b>Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan/b>br/>General Millswhich has included whole grains in all its cerealsis taking another important step in the right direction by pledging to cut the sugar in the cereals it advertises to children. As sugary cereal is one of the top products marketed to children, we hope the company swiftly implements these changes and that Kellogg, Post Foods, and other competitors quickly follow General Mills lead.
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November 24, 2009
b>Self-Regulation Proving Insufficient to Protect Children, Says CSPI/b>br/>WASHINGTONNearly 80 percent of food ads on the popular childrens network Nickelodeon are for foods of poor nutritional quality, according to an analysis conducted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. That represents a modest and not quite statistically significant drop from 2005, when CSPI researchers found that about 90 percent of food ads on Nick were for junk food. Between the 2005 and 2009 studies, the food industry instituted a self-regulatory program through the Council of Better Business Bureaus, the Childrens Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI).
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November 13, 2009
b>Statement of CSPI Alcohol Policy Director George A. Hacker/b>br/>We strongly support the investigation announced today by the Food and Drug Administration into the safety and legality of caffeinated alcoholic energy drinks.
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November 5, 2009
b>CSPI Urges EPA Not to Re-Register Products Unless Compliance Improves/b>br/>WASHINGTONOne out of every four farmers who plants genetically engineered (GE) corn is failing to comply with at least one important insect-resistance management requirement. That increases the likelihood that pesticide-resistant bugs will threaten the future of biotech crops and some of their non-biotech neighbors. That finding comes in a report released today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to not renew registrations of the GE corn varieties unless compliance rates improve.
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October 21, 2009
b>CSPI Urges Quick Action, With More Frequent Inspections Testing/b>br/>Yes, the United States Senate is focused on health care reform. But if legislators want to save 5,000 lives and prevent 325,000 unnecessary and expensive hospitalizations each year, they should fix food safety too, according to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest…
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October 19, 2009
b>Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan/b>br/>The school lunches and breakfasts eaten by tens of millions of American kids are due for a nutritional makeover thanks to strong new recommendations from the Institute of Medicine.
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October 18, 2009
b>Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal/b>br/>For 15 years, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has been urging the Food and Drug Administration to protect consumers from Vibrio vulnificusthe deadly bacteria found in almost all Gulf Coast oysters harvested in warmer months. The FDA announced this weekend that the agency will now require those oysters shipped to other states to be processed to kill the pathogen.
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