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Food Cops Bust the Whole Enchilada

Washington, DC – The Fiesta’s over, according to the food police at the Ralph Nader-inspired Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The group is set to issue yet…
Posted September 30, 2003 at12:00 am

Big Brother in Your Kitchen

Washington, DC — Foods today are too “convenient,” “good-tasting,” and “cheap.” People are eating them for “pleasure rather than just survival.” Parental responsibility in the diets of children is a…
Posted August 27, 2003 at12:00 am

Media Availability

Washington, DC — The latest diatribe against restaurants and food companies comes from dietary scold Kelly Brownell, a Yale psychologist and father of the “Twinkie tax.” Brownell’s new book, Food…
Posted August 22, 2003 at12:00 am

Anti Atkins ‘Physicians’ Group Is A Front For Animal Rights

Washington, DC — Today the Center for Consumer Freedom called on the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to come clean about its animal-rights motive for attacking diets that feature…
Posted July 23, 2003 at12:00 am

Seattle Television Ad Targets Trial Lawyers That Seek To Cash In on Obesity Scare

Washington, DC – As trial lawyers continue to plot their legal assault against restaurants and food providers in an effort to cash in on the nation’s expanding waistline, local school…
Posted July 16, 2003 at12:00 am

Latest Acrylamide Panic Based on Fudged Numbers

Washington, DC – The Ralph Nader-inspired Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) misrepresented government nutrition data in a June 2003 petition to the Food and Drug Administration, which…
Posted July 10, 2003 at12:00 am

Center for Consumer Freedom Warns Congress Of Planned Trial Lawyer Assault Against Restaurants

Washington, DC – – Richard Berman, Executive Director of The Center for Consumer Freedom testified today before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on the intent of…
Posted June 19, 2003 at12:00 am

Food Addiction Letter is Latest PR Stunt: Trial Lawyers Gather in Boston to Cash in on Obesity Scare

Washington, DC – A threatening letter sent to the nation’s top fast-food restaurants demanding public warnings about the alleged “addictive” nature of their menu items is just the latest in…
Posted June 18, 2003 at12:00 am

‘Hog Summit’ Invades Pennsylvania

Washington, DC – A year after calling Iowa pork farmers “a greater threat than Osama bin Laden,” environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bringing his WaterKeeper Alliance and its…
Posted June 5, 2003 at12:00 am

HOP ON POP?

Washington, DC – Less than a year after the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted in favor of a district wide ban on soda sales, the California Senate has…
Posted June 4, 2003 at12:00 am