On April 2, 2025, CSPI’s Litigation Department and its co-counsel at the ACLU and Protect Democracy Project sued the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), challenging the new policy that led to the abrupt and unlawful cancellation of research grants and the halt of the application process for new grants.
This lawsuit seeks to compel the FDA to take a commonsense step to address the health and safety concerns related to the consumption of contaminated poppy seeds.