McDonald's is being sued by a group of consumers and nutrition advocates who want to force the fast food chain to stop using toys to entice children to buy meals they say are unhealthy.
The Senate passed a food safety bill to give more power to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, more than a year after the House of Representatives passed a similar measure.
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen talks about the concerns over the malt liquor drink, Four Loko.
Neon, caffeinated alcohol drinks often boast exotic-sounding ingredients such as taurine, guarana, ginkgo, bitter orange and ginseng.
Food-safety advocates and survivors of food-borne illness called Wednesday for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year.
CNN's John King talks to the director of the documentary "Food, Inc." about the safety of food produced in the U.S.
A nutrition watchdog group is threatening to sue McDonald's if the fast-food giant won't stop using toys to to lure children to its Happy Meals .
Some silver screen couples were just meant to end up together: Bogey and Bacall, Harry and Sally, Saturday matinees and ... a cup of low-fat yogurt?
Movie audiences have always known the joys of in-seat snacking, but it took the theaters a while to come around.
The health care bill signed into law Tuesday by President Obama is the nation's most sweeping social legislation in four decades. But it also includes some smaller changes that will directly affect consumers.
Leafy greens -- including lettuce and spinach -- top the list of the 10 riskiest foods, according to a study from a nutrition advocacy group released Tuesday.
Consumers should be skeptical of health and weight-loss claims of the increasingly popular Brazilian fruit, acai, and the free trial offers that ask for their credit card information, a nonprofit health group said Monday.
A Colorado company's recall last week of beef products possibly contaminated with E. coli has been expanded, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week.
A nonprofit consumer group said Thursday that it will sue Bayer HealthCare, alleging "deceptive and irresponsible" advertising that contends selenium in two of its multivitamins may reduce men's risk of prostate cancer.
The world's favorite legal drug isn't just in your coffee anymore. And do you know how much of it your kids are taking?
A new report calls for a nationwide standard on restaurant cleanliness, and for access to each establishment's grade
A new study says the majority of packaged kid-friendly foods contain too much fat, salt and sugar
Louise Schiavone reports on the continued search by the CDC and FDA to determine the cause of a salmonella outbreak.
The toll in the salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes has passed 1,000 confirmed ill, making it the worst food outbreak in years
A consumer advocacy group called on the FDA to ban the use of eight artificial colorings in food because they may cause hyperactivity and behavior problems in some children
Airborne - the herbal supplement company that once claimed to help fight off colds - will pay $23.3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against the company for false advertising, according to one of the groups that joined the suit.
House lawmakers, calling the U.S. food safety system "fragile" and a "mess," harshly chastised leading food companies and federal agencies Tuesday for allowing unsafe products to reach American consumers.
Lawmakers and food company CEOs come face-to-face Tuesday in a special hearing to address food safety lapses following this month's largest beef recall in U.S. history.
Food from healthy clones of cattle, swine and goats is as safe as food from non-cloned animals, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report released Tuesday.
If you're searching for a villain in America's obesity epidemic, most nutritionists tell you to put one picture on the wanted poster: a cold, bubbly glass of soda pop.
Tonight's facts updated: Tue Jul 31 2007 06:10:00
Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting. Red Storm Rising Chinese Import Scandal Demonstrates FDA Failings, Congress Told CSPI Urges New Money for FDA, Ultimately Single Food Safety Agency WASHINGTON -- While all imported meat and poultry products are visually inspected at the border and subject to microbial and chemical testing, 99 percent of imported seafood, produce, animal feeds, and grains pass through U.S. borders uninspected. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, that's because meat and poultry products are regulated by the well funded U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and most other foods are regulated by the woefully underfunded Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CSPI food safety director Caroline Smith DeWaal, testifying before the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight today, said that even when USDA and FDA are operating at the same port, they don't share
Scientists from Canada and the United States say they have new evidence for why dogs and cats died after eating contaminated pet food.
They say you can't judge a book by its cover. All too often, you can't judge a food by its label, either.
In a move that will seriously reduce the amount of trans fat in its food, Wendy's said Thursday it will be cooking its french fries and breaded chicken items in non-hydrogenated oil.
Thirsty teens like having soda machines at school, but are schools and beverage companies profiting at the expense of students' health?
It might seem easier to get college fraternities to give up their beer than it is to get college athletics to give up their beer money.
What's on the menu for kids at chain restaurants? Fat, grease and hidden calories, according to one nutrition advocacy group.
You probably thought the New Puritanism ended with the defeat of the tobacco bill. Think again. Unfazed by the failure of the campaign against Big Tobacco, reformers are bearing down on a new targe...
HYPED ADVERTISING. INACCURATE LABELS. Useless costly ingredients. And products sold long after they've lost their potency. We're not talking about food supplies peddled on some Third World black ma...
REPRESENTATIVE Joe Kennedy is a man with a mission. ''I've seen in my own family the dangers of drug abuse,'' he says, bounding down the Capitol steps after a vote. ''I lost one of my younger broth...
The first thing we noticed about the recent round of regulations by the Food and Drug Administration is that everybody except us seems to be in favor of them. From eaters and drinkers alike, the FD...
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