Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2011 |
Voters Want Healthy School Meals More than three out of four American voters—78 percent—believe that schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they serve or sell to students, and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding to meet those standards, according to a new poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Apr 20, 2011 |
''Voters’ Attitudes On School Nutrition'' “More than 75 percent of American voters believe schools should have to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they sell or serve students, according to a poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Dec 6, 2011 |
“If they weren’t so damaging to children, congressional leaders’ explanations for their policy decisions that cater to big money interests at those children’s expense would be downright funny.”
Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Oct 13, 2009 |
''What Can Danish Hogs Teach Us About Antibiotics?'' "Beautiful Denmark is known throughout the world for its pastries, furniture design and ham. Yes, ham. Denmark is the largest exporter of pork in the world. The country, not much larger than Massachusetts, produces more than 26 million hogs Source: Huffington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 28, 2013 |
''What the New USDA Rules for Healthier School Snacks Mean for Schools'' Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods project, discusses the USDA's decision to finalize interim rules for snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Time |
School Food |
| Feb 11, 2009 |
"The Pew Health Group's Campaign for Food Safety released this ad in support of the DeLauro Food Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 875)." Source: Roll Call |
School Food |
| Jul 17, 2012 |
''White House under fire for delays on food safety rules'' "Dana Dziadul and her mother, Colette, are joining other food safety advocates in urging the White House to implement provisions of a federal law that President Barack Obama signed in January 2011." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Food Hazards |
| Jul 14, 2011 |
''White paper lays out reform strategy for US medicines supply chain'' "US think tank Pew Health Group has called for a wide-ranging overhaul of the US pharmaceutical distribution system, including the introduction of a federal serialisation system, in order to protect consumers from unsafe medicines." Source: Securing Pharma |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Aug 27, 2012 |
''Who Determines Safety of New Food Ingredients?'' "Grocery shoppers examining colorful packages bearing long lists of hard-to-pronounce ingredients might take comfort in the belief that those substances were deemed safe by the government. But that's not the case. Over the past 15 years, the vast majority of new ingredients added to U.S. food never received a safety determination from the government." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Food Additives |
| Apr 5, 2011 |
Access to safe and healthy foods is essential to protecting and promoting health. Consider that, over the past four decades, childhood obesity rates in the United States have risen rapidly, more than quadrupling among children ages 6 to 11 and more than tripling among teens. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
