Uninspected meat recall: What you need to know

167,639 pounds of pork, beef, and goat meat from Star Meat Delivery Inc. was recalled in September 2026. Here's what you need to know.

RE: FDA draft guidance on Substantial Evidence of Effectiveness for Human Drug and Biological Products

The Center for Science in the Public Interest respectfully submits these comments regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s draft guidance titled “Demonstrating Substantial Evidence of Effectiveness for Human Drug and Biological Products.” We appreciate the agency issuing a draft guidance to clarify, in part, how drug developers “can rely on one scientifically rigorous adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation with confirmatory evidence to satisfy the statutory substantial evidence of effectiveness standard.” The new draft guidance explains that the substantial evidence standard can be met either with one adequate and well-controlled trial plus confirmatory evidence or with more than one adequate and well-controlled trial. The draft guidance then lays out two ways of meeting approval standards with only a single trial: 1) “evidence from an adequate and well-controlled trial plus a source of strong confirmatory evidence,” and 2) “evidence from a highly persuasive adequate and well-controlled trial plus early-phase confirmatory evidence.” View the resource below to keep reading.

CSPI urges Senate not to confirm Overton as FDA Commissioner

CSPI urges the Senate to block Heidi Overton’s FDA nomination amid concerns about vaccine misinformation and anti-reproductive health stances.

Researchers challenge NIH screening of grants for disfavored viewpoints

Class action lawsuit seeks to stop NIH censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research

Nicole Saphier unfit to serve as Surgeon General

CSPI President Peter Lurie argues Nicole Saphier is unfit to serve as Surgeon General, citing investments in Philip Morris and other health-damaging industries.

Peter's Memo: ‘Best-by’ dates are past their prime

‘Best-by’ and ‘sell-by’ dates are confusing, contribute to food waste, and they’re not designed to give consumers the info they need about food safety. There’s a better way.

Newsom urged to sign AB2030 supplement restriction for minors

California AB-2030 bans selling weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors; CSPI urges Gov. Newsom to sign to shield children from unsafe products.

Letter to Gavin Newsom RE: AB 2030 (Lowenthal)

"Dear Governor Newsom, The Center for Science in the Public Interest proudly sponsors AB 2030, which would prohibit the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and weight-loss or muscle-building dietary supplements to minors. As the bill passed the legislature on August 27, 2026, we respectfully request you sign the AB 2030 into law." View the resource below to keep reading.

Kennedy’s quiet hunt for autism culprits stalls as Trump orders baseless changes to childhood shots

The Trump administration is working to implement the president’s new order on childhood vaccines, which he publicly faulted for a rise in autism — even as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking them. Many of Kennedy’s claims so far on autism have not withstood scientific scrutiny.

RFK Jr. leaves GRAS loophole ajar