Investigations, Education & Updates
Deep dives into food safety findings, educational resources on contaminants, and updates on our mission to make food transparency accessible to everyone.
Europe Banned BPA From Food Packaging. The FDA Has Done Nothing for 1,320 Days.
On January 20, 2025, the European Union banned bisphenol A from all food contact materials. Metal can coatings, reusable plastic bottles,...
States Rush to Ban Artificial Food Dyes as West Virginia Makes History
On March 24, 2025, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey signed HB 2354 into law, making his state the first in America to broadly ban synthetic...
Lead Found in 34 of 41 Baby Formulas Tested by Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports tested 41 powdered infant formulas in March 2025 and found lead in 34 of them. Eighteen of those formulas exceeded California's...
99% of Food Chemicals Since 2000 Were Approved by Industry, Not the FDA
A 2022 analysis found that 99% of new chemicals introduced into food or food packaging since 2000 were green-lit by the food and chemical industry...
FDA's Top Food Safety Official Resigns After 89 Staff Fired in DOGE Cuts
Jim Jones, the FDA's first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, resigned on February 17, 2025, after the Trump administration fired 89 staffers from...
Red Dye No. 3 Banned From Food After 35 Years in Lipstick Exile
For 35 years, the FDA considered Red Dye No. 3 too dangerous to put on your lips but perfectly fine to put in your stomach. That contradiction ended...
Glyphosate Cuts Birth Weights Across Rural America, 9 Million Births Study Finds
The most widely used herbicide in the United States is making babies smaller at birth. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
Your Brain Now Contains a Spoonful of Plastic, and Levels Are Rising Fast
Human brains now contain microplastics at concentrations equivalent to the weight of a standard plastic spoon. That finding comes from a study...
Microplastics Block Blood Flow to the Brain Within 30 Minutes, Study Finds
A January 2025 study in Science Advances found that microplastics in the bloodstream are consumed by immune cells, which then become trapped in brain...
EU Bans BPA in All Food Packaging While FDA Calls It 'Safe'
On January 20, 2025, the EU banned BPA and other bisphenols from all food packaging after concluding the safe daily intake was 20,000 times too high....
FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 After 35 Years of Inaction
On January 15, 2025, the FDA revoked its authorization for Red Dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs. The agency cited a 1960 law called the Delaney...
FDA Kills 35 PFAS Food Packaging Uses While Study Exposes Drug-to-Tap Pipeline
On January 6, 2025, the FDA revoked 35 authorizations for PFAS grease-proofing in food packaging. That same day, a PNAS study found that prescription...