Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, issued the following statement regarding the interim final rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, setting nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in U.S. schools.
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Recent article by Pew experts concludes that the agency should review and retool its approach to making decisions about the safety of chemicals used in food and packaging in the United States. More info
Peter Cornish, a 2012 Pew scholar and assistant professor at University of Missouri’s Department of Biochemistry, is featured in a profile in The Scientist magazine.
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Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, speaks to Time magazine about the USDA's decision to finalize standards for school snack foods and beverages.
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