Dietary Guidelines should be led by science—not politics

Farm Bill language that would allow political interests to influence updates to the Dietary Guidelines threatens public health, say Mary Story and Eric Rimm.

CSPI and Hunger Free America's joint statement regarding the Senate GOP Farm Bill Framework

In 2022, there were 44 million people living in food insecure households in the U.S. and nearly 17 million of those experienced very low food security, including more than 7 million children. Tens of millions of workers, veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities are also struggling against hunger. Despite this grim reality, yesterday, the Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee joined their party’s colleagues in the House of Representatives in pursuing a deeply partisan Farm Bill. If enacted, the Senate Republicans’ framework would increase U.S. residents’ food insecurity and harm public health by raising the cost of access to nutritious food. View the resource below to keep reading.

Lawmakers introduce bills to protect New Yorkers from dangerous food additives—known and unknown

Response to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s 1997 Statistical Policy Directive No. 15

Since 1997, much has changed about the diversity of our nation, and, as such, there is a need for more refined data collection practices regarding race and/or ethnicity. As a science-based advocacy organization that relies on this type of information to inform our work, the Center for Science in the Public Interest looks forward to more granular standards that will allow us to more precisely advance a more equitable and just food system through our efforts.