Meet the SHAM GRAS Act: A bill to weaken food chemical safety

Big Food giants form a coalition to reform GRAS rules with the aim to weaken US food safety. Here's what to know.

Is RFK Jr. walking the walk? MAHA Report promises updates while New York acts on GRAS

If the FDA isn’t approving the novel proteins, stabilizers, and artificial flavors in foods, who is? What to know about GRAS and a New York bill that could close the loophole for good.

A tale of two agendas: Trump’s contradictory approach toward small farmers

President Trump’s Farmers First Policy Agenda and proposed FY26 budget show hypocrisy in the administration’s approach to nutrition security and agriculture.

What has public health done for us lately? Soon, we may not know

Commentary from CSPI Director of Regulatory Affairs Sarah Sorscher on the public health effects of funding cuts for CDC, FDA, and USDA food safety tracking systems like FoodNet, PulseNet, and CORE.

No, RFK, Jr., the Dietary Guidelines aren't the problem

Cuts to nutrition programs, rising food costs, and stagnant wages are contributing to America's chronic disease epidemic, not the Dietary Guidelines.

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.

Centering equity in healthy food purchasing policies

Laboratory-developed tests: FDA moves to close loophole

Laboratory-developed tests have proliferated in volume and complexity. In 2024, the FDA released a rule that mandates LDTs to comply with current FDA requirements.

Industry research on food labeling is high in bias

Front-of-package nutrition labeling research funded by the food and beverage industries is predictably biased. Here's what you should know.

Why buying red yeast rice supplements is a crap shoot