FRESH Act is a shiny apple full of worms

New York passes sweeping food chemical reform bill

Letter of support for Food safety: unsafe additives and ingredient disclosures bill (Assemblymember Addis)

The undersigned organizations and individuals support AB 2034, a bill that will promote transparency and safety in the food system. This is essential given the longstanding failure by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to effectively fulfill its mandate to protect consumers from unsafe and poorly tested food chemicals. AB 2034 specifically addresses two related problems caused by inadequate federal oversight of food chemicals. View the resource below to keep reading.

Coalition letter for Food safety: unsafe additives and ingredient disclosures bill (Assemblymember Addis)

The undersigned organizations and individuals support AB 2034, a bill that will promote transparency and safety in the food system. This is essential given the longstanding failure by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to effectively fulfill its mandate to protect consumers from unsafe and poorly tested food chemicals. AB 2034 specifically addresses two related problems caused by inadequate federal oversight of food chemicals. View the resource below to keep reading.

CSPI's letter of support for David Kessler's citizen petition

The Center for Science in the Public Interest respectfully submits the following comment in support of the Citizen Petition to “Limit the Exposure of Refined Carbohydrates used in Industrial Processing in Order to Prevent Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Adults” filed by David A. Kessler on August 12, 2025 (docket number FDA-2025-P-3071; hereinafter referred to as the “petition”). CSPI is a non-profit consumer education and advocacy organization that has worked since 1971 to improve the public’s health through better nutrition and safer food. CSPI has an extensive history of advocating for policies that aim to improve the nutritional quality and safety of the U.S. diet through food chemical safety regulatory reform, food labeling, restaurant nutrition standards, school meals and competitive foods nutrition standards, and federal dietary guidance. View the resource below to keep reading.

NY & CA lawmakers demand state government protect families’ health, pass food transparency reform

FISC: Does ‘a strong FDA’ actually mean ‘weaker states’?

The Food Ingredient Safety Coalition (FISC), a food industry group quietly making the rounds in state legislatures, aims to stop food safety laws in the states.

Historic California legislation would close food chemical safety loopholes

CA food chemical legislation reform

CA food chemical safety & transparency: legislative outline