CSPI in 2025: Advancing food safety & public health for all

Your support helped CSPI’s efforts to ban harmful food additives, safeguard infant foods, improve retail policies, and restore funds for scientific research. Thank you for making 2025 a healthier year for all!

Congress steps into USDA’s traditional role on child nutrition standards

Senate votes to return whole milk to schools despite evidence on saturated fat

RE: Inclusion of food safety and nutrition priorities in the FY2027 Executive Budget

New Yorkers are facing growing challenges in accessing safe, affordable, and healthy food. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a longstanding consumer advocacy organization advancing evidence-based food and public health policy, respectfully urges you to include a targeted package of low-cost, high-impact food safety and nutrition reforms in the FY2027 Executive Budget. These reforms will make foods served through the Universal School Meals Program safer, help protect New Yorkers from harmful ultra-processed foods, and ensure that industry bears the primary responsibility for food safety and transparency. View the resource below to read the memo.

Memorandum in support of A8707/S3214

The Center for Science in the Public Interest requests your support and co-sponsorship of A8707/S3214, introduced by Assemblymember Dr. Anna Kelles and Senator Brian Kavanagh. This legislation would prohibit the use of seven synthetic dyes in foods served in New York Public Schools — chemicals shown to affect behavior and attention in certain children, with consequences for learning. View the resource below to read the memo.

Sign-on letter in support of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Act

Letter to Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom urging signing of AB 1264 and SB 646

The Center for Science in the Public Interest asked Gov. Gavin Newsome to sign Assembly Bill 1264, which advances the priorities outlined in his executive order on ultra-processed food (EO N-1-25),1 and Senate Bill 646. Both bills will enhance California’s nation-leading efforts to promote and protect children’s health.

California continues leading charge on advancing school food safety and nutrition

The benefits of healthy school meals for all

What are healthy school meals for all? Which states have adopted the policy, and how can it support students, schools, and public health? Here’s what to know.

NANA Hill Day & Briefing shines a spotlight on school meals