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Stop Subsidizing Obesity

Ending taxpayer subsidies for junk food.

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Report | Food

Apples to Twinkies

America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially hard. Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the last three decades, with one in five kids aged 6 to 11 now obese.

News Release | Food

Representative Jeff Flake Introduces REAPS Act

Statement of U.S. PIRG Federal Legislative Office Director Gary Kalman on the introduction of the Reducing the Deficit through Eliminating Agriculture Direct Payment Subsidies Act.

News Release | Food, Tax

Obama Budget Proposes Important First Cuts to Ag Subsidies

Statement of ConnPIRG Federal Public Health Advocate Elizabeth Hitchcock on the President’s proposed 2012 budget, which includes more than $1 billion in cuts over five years to agriculture subsidies that are achieved by reducing the cap on Department of Agriculture direct payments and tightening eligibility standards.

News Release | Food

Cutting Ag Subsidies Key to Implementing USDA's Dietary Recommendations

Statement of Elizabeth Hitchcock, ConnPIRG's Federal Public Health Advocate on the USDA’s announcement of new Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Media Hit | Food

Food Safety News: USDA Unveils New School Lunch Standards

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday unveiled proposed nutritional standards for meals served through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, the first major upgrade to nutritional requirements in 15 years. The tougher standards are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, recently signed into law by President Obama, that aims to reduce both childhood hunger and obesity.

News Release | Food

Senate Passes Historic Food Safety Bill

HARTFORD - Statement of ConnPIRG's Federal Public Health Advocate, Liz Hitchcock on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which passed the U.S. Senate by a 73 to 25 vote earlier this morning.

Media Hit | Consumer Protection, Food

Hartford Courant: Senate Passes Food-Safety Legislation

After languishing for more than a year, a food-safety bill that has enjoyed strong bipartisan support passed the Senate on Tuesday, raising prospects for tougher and more extensive federal inspections and other safeguards.

Media Hit | Consumer Protection, Food

Food Safety Bill Stalled Despite Recalls

This week, when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to move forward with a food safety bill, a Republican senator objected and blocked further action for now.

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