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Food Policy Insider: November 2025

Consumer Reports’ monthly roundup of its efforts to promote a safe and healthy food system.  In this month’s Food Policy Insider: What does an extended…

October 28, 2025

Food

Consumer Reports letter urging FDA not to exempt infant formula or medical foods from its definition of ultra-processed foods

Letter from Consumer Reports calling on the Food and Drug Administration to include infant formula and medical foods in its definition of ultra-processed foods, since…

October 28, 2025

Food

Consumer Reports Supports S. 2619, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act

Consumer Reports strongly supports S. 2619, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA), comprehensive privacy legislation that would create critical protections to safeguard the privacy of…

October 25, 2025

Tech & Privacy

CFPB’s medical debt rule faces an uncertain future. States must work quickly to fill in the gaps

By Christine Chen Zinner and Chuck Bell In early January 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a medical debt rule that would have…

October 23, 2025

Money
Press Release

Consumer Reports Releases Blueprint for a Fairer Home Insurance Market: A Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights

WASHINGTON, DC—The growing number of extreme weather events, combined with inflation and rising construction costs, have destabilized the home insurance market. As a result, consumers…

October 22, 2025

Money
Press Release

Consumer Reports statement on the food industry’s new campaign to block state bans on harmful food chemicals

WASHINGTON DC – Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports, issued the following statement in response to the food industry’s misleadingly named Americans…

October 21, 2025

Food

Where We Stand: A Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, combined with the rising cost of repairs and building materials, has destabilized the home insurance market. Homeowners increasingly…

October 21, 2025

Money
Press Release

Consumer Reports urges CFPB to maintain robust consumer protections as the bureau considers revising its “open banking” rule

CR outlines protections needed to ensure consumers can  access their financial data at no charge with strong privacy and security safeguards WASHINGTON DC – In…

October 21, 2025

Money

Consumer Reports letter urging the CFPB to maintain strong consumer protections as the bureau revises its “open banking” rule

Letter from Consumer Reports to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau urging the bureau to maintain robust consumer protections in any revision of the Personal Financial…

October 20, 2025

Money
Press Release

Consumer Reports calls on FDA to set strict limits on lead in protein powders

CR investigation finds two-thirds of protein powders and shakes tested contained high levels of lead in a single serving YONKERS, NY – Consumer Reports urged…

October 14, 2025

Food
Press Release

California Governor signs key artificial intelligence transparency bill into law

New law helps consumers identify AI-generated content SACRAMENTO, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California AI Transparency Act, AB 853, into law today.…

October 13, 2025

Tech & Privacy

Lead in baby food: What about dietary supplements?

By Brian Ronholm of Consumer Reports, Tom Neltner of Unleaded Kids, and Mariah Walters Orose of Unleaded Kids What Happened As we have noted previously,…

October 10, 2025

Food

Consumer Reports urges Gov. Newsom to sign California AI Transparency Act, AB 853

Consumer Reports sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom requesting that he sign the California AI Transparency Act (AB 853). This bill takes on…

October 10, 2025

Tech & Privacy
Press Release

California Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation bill banning harmful ultra-processed food in school meals

New law directs California to identify especially harmful ultra-processed foods to be phased out of schools  SACRAMENTO, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation today…

October 8, 2025

Food
Press Release

California Governor signs first-in-the-nation privacy bill into law

The California Opt Me Out Act will require universal opt-out settings in browsers Sacramento, CA — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the groundbreaking California Opt…

October 8, 2025

Tech & Privacy

Blog: Tire Efficiency Standards: Better Tires, Bigger Savings

Consumer Reports has a longstanding history of testing tires for safety, durability, and efficiency. As the tire market has evolved, we have ensured that our…

October 3, 2025

CarsEnergy
Press Release

Consumer Reports statement on Walmart’s pledge to remove harmful food additives from its private label products

CR applauds Walmart and calls on other grocers to follow suit WASHINGTON DC — Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports, issued the…

October 1, 2025

Food

Food Policy Insider: October 2025

Consumer Reports’ monthly roundup of its efforts to promote a safe and healthy food system.  In this month’s Food Policy Insider: What the government shutdown…

October 1, 2025

Food

The most contaminated poultry plants in the U.S.: October 2025 report

Consumer Reports analysis identifying the most contaminated poultry plants in the U.S. based on a review of data from the Food Safety and Inspection Service…

September 30, 2025

Food
Press Release

Consumer Reports and EPIC Laud Massachusetts Senate for Unanimously Passing Strong Privacy Bill

BOSTON, MA — The Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously today to pass the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act. Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)…

September 25, 2025

Tech & Privacy

The Regenified label risks credibility of regenerative agriculture

By Brian Ronholm NOTE: This opinion piece first appeared in Food Safety News on 9/22/2025 Regenerative agriculture has always been a difficult concept to comprehend and…

September 23, 2025

Food
Press Release

Consumer Reports’ Fairness By Design Playbook provides a roadmap for how fintechs can build consumer trust and enhance their own long-term success

CR details how to prioritize fairness by building safety, privacy, transparency, user-centricity, financial well-being, and inclusivity into product design process  YONKERS, NY — A new…

September 23, 2025

Money

Fairness By Design Playbook

Consumer Reports developed a Fair Digital Finance Framework to influence financial design standards that will create the conditions in which a fair digital economy can…

September 23, 2025

Money

Consumer Reports Urges CA Governor Gavin Newsom to Sign the California Opt Me Out Act (A.B. 566) into Law

Consumer Reports wrote to urge California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign A.B. 566, a bill recently approved by the legislature that would require browsers to…

September 18, 2025

Tech & Privacy

Lead in Baby Food: What is “Publicly Available”?

By Brian Ronholm of Consumer Reports, Tom Neltner of Unleaded Kids, and Mariah Walters Orose of Unleaded Kids Recently, Unleaded Kids and Consumer Reports evaluated…

September 17, 2025

Food

Consumer Reports calls on Microsoft to extend support for Windows 10

Consumer Reports sent a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calling on the company to extend its support of Windows 10 devices given the security…

September 16, 2025

Tech & Privacy
Press Release

California lawmakers approve groundbreaking bill banning harmful ultra-processed food in schools, bill now heads to Governor Newsom

AB 1264 directs California to identify especially harmful ultra-processed foods to be phased out of schools  SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Assembly approved legislation today…

September 12, 2025

Food
Press Release

Key privacy legislation that would require universal opt-out signals in browsers clears California Legislature

Sacramento, CA — The California Legislature today advanced AB 566, a bill that would require browsers to include a setting that enables a consumer to…

September 11, 2025

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports supports the Fair Online Pricing Act (SB 259), a California bill that would prohibit device-based pricing

Consumer Reports supports the Fair Online Pricing Act (SB 259), a California bill that would prohibit the use of data about a consumer’s online device,…

September 11, 2025

Tech & Privacy
Press Release

Consumer Reports statement on joint-investigation by California, Colorado, and Connecticut into businesses failing to honor consumers’ privacy rights

Sacramento, CA – Consumer Reports issued the following statement in response to the announcement earlier today that the California Attorney General, in partnership with the…

September 9, 2025

Tech & Privacy

Safe Food Coalition letter to FDA opposing the proposed delay of the Food Traceability Rule

Consumer Reports joined with the Safe Food Coalition to oppose the FDA’s proposed two-and-a-half year delay of the Food Traceability Final Rule. The coalition’s letter…

September 9, 2025

Food
Press Release

California’s Surveillance Pricing Protection Act (AB 446) fails to advance California legislature

Sacramento, CA – Assembly Bill 446 (AB 446), also known as the Surveillance Pricing Protection Act, a piece of legislation that would prohibit surveillance pricing…

September 5, 2025

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports Submits Comments on New Jersey Privacy Rulemaking

Consumer Reports submitted comments to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (Division) in response to its request for comments on its proposed rules to…

September 2, 2025

Tech & Privacy
Press Release

Consumer Reports statement on California Senate Appropriations Committee holding the California Location Privacy Act

Sacramento, California — The California Senate Appropriations Committee made A.B. 322, the California Location Privacy Act, into a two-year bill, effectively killing the legislation for…

August 29, 2025

Tech & Privacy
Press Release

Consumer Reports Calls on Congress to Make Roads Safer, Cleaner, and Fairer in Next Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill

WASHINGTON, DC—Consumer Reports (CR) today announced its recommendations to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the next…

August 20, 2025

CarsEnergy

CR comments to DOT and E&C for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill

Consumer Reports (CR) today announced its recommendations to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the next surface…

August 20, 2025

CarsEnergy

Consumer Reports letter to FDA commenting on its proposed tool for prioritizing post-market assessments of food chemicals

In a letter submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Reports notes that it strongly supports the agency’s decision to develop an enhanced…

August 18, 2025

Food

Consumer Reports Supports Massachusetts S. 2516, (the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act)

Consumer Reports strongly supports S. 2516, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA), which would create critical protections to safeguard the privacy of Massachusetts consumers’ personal…

August 15, 2025

Tech & Privacy

CR and Unleaded Kids letter calling for an investigation of baby food companies’ compliance with state’s heavy metal disclosure law

Letter from Consumer Reports and Unleaded Kids to the California Attorney General and  the Department of Public Health calling on them to investigate whether some…

August 13, 2025

Food
Press Release

More than 75,000 consumers urge FTC to crack down on AI voice cloning fraud

Washington, DC – Consumer Reports delivered a petition today signed by more than 75,000 consumers urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to hold companies accountable…

August 13, 2025

Tech & Privacy
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