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Consumer Reports applauds FDA for setting limits on arsenic in infant rice cereal

CR calls for limits on arsenic in other rice products and heavy metals in baby food WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight years after Consumer Reports first…

August 5, 2020

Food

CR: “One Health Certified” food label is meaningless, misleading

Consumer Reports’ take on the “One Health Certified” food label is featured in this Food Safety News guest column.  CR  reviewed the label and found…

July 23, 2020

Food
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Consumer Reports praises New York legislature’s vote to ban PFAS in food packaging

Bill aims to protect New Yorkers from exposure to harmful chemicals  ALBANY, NY – Legislation approved by the New York state legislature today will help…

July 23, 2020

Food

CR letter to Senate HSGAC in opposition to REINS Act

Description: CR letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, in opposition to S. 92, the so-called Regulations from the Executive in Need of…

July 21, 2020

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Letter from CR and other advocacy groups urging USDA to protect kids from digital food marketing on online learning platforms

Letter from academic, public health, education, and other advocacy organizations calling on the USDA to issue guidance clarifying that local wellness policy regulations apply to…

July 13, 2020

Food
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Consumer Reports endorses RAMP-UP Act to help minimize disruptions of meat and poultry supply during COVID-19 crisis

Representative Peterson’s bill provides matching grants to small processing plants to expand capacity while maintaining critical food safety standards  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Reports announced…

July 2, 2020

Food

Consumer Reports letter calling on Whole Foods to suspend sales of Starkey Spring Water because of high arsenic levels

Consumer Reports letter urging Whole Foods to stop selling Starkey Spring Water in light of CR tests finding potentially harmful arsenic levels in the bottled…

June 24, 2020

Food

Consumer Reports letter urging the FDA to strengthen its standard limiting arsenic in bottled water

Consumer Reports letter to the FDA calling on the agency to revise its current standard for arsenic in bottled water from 10 parts per billion…

June 24, 2020

Food
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Consumer Reports endorses the Food Supply Protection Act

Senator Stabenow’s bill aims to help farmers, workers, processors and Americans in need during COVID-19 crisis  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Reports urged lawmakers in Congress…

May 27, 2020

Food

Letter by CR and the Safe Food Coalition opposing efforts to weaken meat and poultry inspection

Letter from CR and the Safe Food Coalition to Congress urging lawmakers to vote against legislation that would lift prohibitions on the interstate sale of…

May 18, 2020

Food
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