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The British Are Coming! 4/3/08
Breaking news: “Personal freedom is rampant in America.” And according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), that’s a bad thing. In a press release today, food cops at CSPI complained that consumers in the U.S. are subject to far less dietary regulation than their counterparts overseas. The group’s legal affairs director, Bruce Silverglade, tried to spin this as bad news, warning that “we are falling behind other countries that are taking...
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CSPI Serves Up Steaming Pile Of Spuds 4/1/08
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) held a press conference* today to announce that almost all foods taste better when fried. “Whether it’s chicken breast or a Snickers bar, every meal can be improved with a little breading and some hot grease,” said Head Health Enforcer Michael Jacobson. “It’s truly unfortunate that some U.S. consumers don’t have easy access to this kind of cheap, fried food.” Responding to this hole in the...
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Do-Gooder Double Standards 3/14/08
In the ‘80s, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) sold several posters featuring information about nutrition and exercise to health-conscious consumers. But in recent years, that activity has fallen by the wayside. The reason? During a Washington, DC television interview yesterday, CSPI executive director Michael Jacobson explained that his group doesn’t issue them anymore because “the internet is replacing all printed materials”—a notion conveniently ignored in his attacks on restaurants.  Activist organizations aren’t...
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State-Sponsored Bullying 3/5/08
Yesterday, The New York Times covered a study that demonstrated “worrying about weighing too much may be bad for you, no matter how much you actually weigh.” This report closely followed a London Times feature on a growing consensus of health experts that “the way some adults demonize certain foods is creating a generation obsessed with growing fat and increasingly guilty about eating.” In summary: Even though weight-related anxiety is bad for our health, nutrition...
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CSPI Against Soda Tax 2/8/08
It’s amusing to see food cops suddenly aghast when their own arguments are taken to their logical conclusion. Earlier this week, notorious food cop Michael Jacobson—known for bragging that his organization “could envision taxes on butter, potato chips, whole milk, cheeses, [and] meat”—came out in opposition to San Francisco’s proposed soda tax and Mississippi’s proposed ban on restaurant service to obese customers. Jacobson told USA TODAY the Mississippi legislators sponsoring the bill “should be ashamed...
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