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Nutrition Scientists tell Smithsonian: “Say ‘No’ to McDonald’s Junk Food!”

Group Asks Air and Space Museum to Protect Health of Visitors
January 17, 2002
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Scientists Call on Journals to Disclose Authors’ Conflicts of Interest

February 4, 2002
Article

CSPI Applauds Tyson, Foster Farms, and Perdue for Not Fattening Chickens with Medically Important Antibiotics

Other Producers Urged to Follow Suit
February 11, 2002
Article

Half of Turkeys Fail Salmonella Tests at ConAgra Plant

CSPI AND OTHER HEALTH GROUPS URGE USDA ALSO TO CHECK CHICKENS AND TURKEYS FOR CAMPYLOBACTER
February 14, 2002

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Citizen Petition to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service re: Turkey

February 14, 2002
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Quorn Meat Substitute Deceptively Labeled, CSPI Tells FDA

There’s a Fungus Among Us — And It’s Not a Mushroom
February 28, 2002

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Petition to FDA re: Quorn (Feb 2002)

February 28, 2002
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New CSPI Review of Veggieburgers Finds That “Meat-free” Doesn’t Mean “Taste-free”

March 5, 2002
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“President Bush, don’t make us put our lives on the line every time we put meat on our plates.”

Statement of Caroline Smith DeWaal, Food Safety Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
March 14, 2002

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A Consumer Perspective on Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology

March 18, 2002

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Petition to FDA for Rulemaking on Functional Foods and Request to Establish an Advisory Committee

March 21, 2002
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NBC’s moratorium on hard liquor advertising

Statement of George A. Hacker, Director, Alcohol Policies Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest
March 21, 2002

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Letter to EU re: Quorn

March 21, 2002

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Letter to UK's Food Standards Agency re: Quorn

March 21, 2002
Article

Statement Of CSPI Legal Affairs Director Bruce Silverglade On The FDA’s Consumer Advisory On Kava-containing Supplements

March 25, 2002
Article

Health Foods That Aren’t: Watch Out For Undercover Junk Foods In Health-food Packaging, Says CSPI

March 28, 2002
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New Olestra Complaints Bring Total Close To 20,000—More Than All Other Food Additive Complaints In History Combined

Gastrointestinal Misery Continues Even With Fake Fat In Free-fall
April 16, 2002
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Fat Free Pringles

April 16, 2002
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Salmonella Decline May Be Short-Lived If Meat Safety Rollback Continues, Says CSPI

Statement Of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal
April 18, 2002
Article

Food Poisoning’s Long Shadow

Lesser-known Complications of Food-borne Illnesses Include Arthritis, Kidney Failure, or Temporary Paralysis
April 22, 2002

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Letter to FDA re: Quorn GRAS (April 2002)

April 24, 2002
Article

Known Carcinogen Discovered In Fried, Baked Foods

Statement Of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D. On Swedish Scientists’ Discovery Of Acrylamide In Certain Foods
April 24, 2002
Article

Sunny Delight Is “Designed To Deceive”

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson On The Deceptive Labeling and Marketing Of Sunny Delight Junk Drink
April 24, 2002
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Quorn: The Next Olestra?

New Fungus Foods May Make People Sick, Says CSPI
May 1, 2002

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Coordinated Framework: Structure Needs An Overhaul

May 1, 2002

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Nutrition Tips

How to Avoid Getting Sick from Mechanically-Tenderized Meat

About a week after eating a medium-rare steak at a family restaurant, 87-year-old Margaret Lamkin of Iowa “started having diarrhea and it didn’t let up,” she told The Kansas City Star. Stricken with an E. coli O157:H7 infection, Lamkin was admitted to a hospital where she had her colon removed and was given a colostomy bag to use for the rest of her life.

“I had a very difficult time adapting to this bag, changing and cleaning,” she said. “Oh, we had so many accidents. It was just terrible,” she recalled.

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