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CONSUMER POLICY INSTITUTE
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CPI Spotlight Issues
| Missed Medicare deadline? You can still save money on Rx drugs... ...by switching to cost-effective alternatives identified by CR Best Buy Drugs |
| Why new Canadian mad cow case has CU scientists worried Age of cow shows failure of safeguards; one infected cow could infect 45,000 others |
| CU Derides Dark-of-Night Weakening of Organic Law CU deeply disappointed with the Agricultural Appropriations Conference Committee's weakening of the organic label without public input. |
| CU hails decision to postpone reopening of Canadian border Unanswered questions about meat safety could place our nation’s public health at risk. |
| Feds asked to retest suspected mad cow after crucial test omitted USDA urged to use internationally recognized test that the agency failed to use |
| U.S. and Canadian governments not protecting public from mad cow risk Consumers Union urges governments to close dangerous loopholes in animal feed rules |
| When it comes to food safety, who's watching the watchdogs? Initiative focuses on oversight at FDA and USDA, making recalls mandatory. |
| Consumers Union says FDA action overdue on mad cow risk Possible new case underscores need to close loopholes in feed rules; test more cows. |
| National Uniformity for Food Act - Uniformly a Disaster for Consumers CU writes House Committee on Energy and Commerce expressing opposition to HR 2699, National Uniformity for Food Act of 2003. |
| Study of genetically engineered food points to safety gaps A new National Academy of Sciences report to be released July 28 on Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods paints a disturbing picture of how little we know about the effects of genetically engineering on food, according to CU. |
| House Transportation Bill Doesn't Include Key Child-Car Safety Measures Another child is killed this week in power window strangulation incident that safety measures would have addressed. Read testimony 
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| CU: USDA Announcement of More Mad Cow Testing Still Inadequate to Protect Public Health New plan still would test less than one percent of slaughtered cattle for deadly disease. |
The Consumer Policy Institute (CPI) is a division of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. Located in Yonkers, NY, the CPI does research, education and policy analysis on topics of interest to consumers. The CPI currently focuses on issues of food safety, sustainable consumption, and economic justice. We publish in print and on line, organize and speak at conferences, communicate through news media, testify at government hearings, submit comments in regulatory proceedings, and serve on expert panels, in New York State, before Congress and US government agencies, and at international bodies. Currently, particular areas of interest include genetically engineered food, mad cow disease, bacteria in food, organic standards and other environmental labels, and recycling and waste management.
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