Expired: How date labels drive food waste and hunger
The most cost-effective solution to food waste is right under our noses. PIRG and Replate host food waste experts to discuss food date labeling.
Food & farming
We should be able to trust that the food we buy in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health.
You want to lead a healthy life, and help your family do the same, and you trust that the food in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health or safety. But that’s not always the case, and the evidence connecting toxic pesticides to serious health risks, like cancer, continues to grow. It’s also clear that the early warning system for contaminated food, and our food recall system, need a serious overhaul. We can and should expect better.
The Latest on Food & farming
New report reveals widespread presence of plastic chemicals in our food
How much food waste does America create and what can we do about it?
Updates
Stop The Overuse Of Antibiotics
PIRG Urges McDonald’s to Honor Its Commitment to Reduce Antibiotics in Meat
Stop The Overuse Of Antibiotics
US Food and Drug Administration must act to preserve life-saving antibiotics
Massachusetts expands ban on the disposal of organic waste
Featured Resources
Food recalls: 2021 Trends and What They Mean for You
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Food for Thought Part 2: An analysis of food recalls for 2022
Did You Know?
In 2019, more than 1.2 million people died worldwide from drug-resistant infections — which are only becoming more common as antibiotic overuse on factory farms threatens the future effectiveness of these medicines.
What We're Doing
We know we can get factory farms to change their practices if America's largest restaurant chains commit to serving meat that has been raised without the routine use of medically important antibiotics.
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Why consider buying antibiotic-free meat
Buying antibiotic-free meat is important, but not for the reason you might think.
New Superbugs in Stock report: grocery stores failing to stop antibiotic overuse in meat supply chains
High food prices could be linked to food waste, not just inflation
When food waste cuts into profits, grocery stores get a tax deduction. Meanwhile, shoppers pay higher food prices to account for inefficiencies that create food waste.
Side of toxic chemicals with those fries?
Check out this oped I penned with Senator Michael Moore, MA Sierra Club, and Clean Water Action calling for swift action on bill to ban PFAS in food packaging.
Rhode Island Governor signs new law banning PFAS in food packaging
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed a new law banning PFAS in food packaging, becoming the 9th state to do so. Public health, community and environmental organizations urged Massachusetts legislators to do the same by passing the pending bill to ban PFAS in food packaging in Massachusetts.
Team
Murray
Teresa
Murray
Consumer Watchdog, PIRG
Melgar
Danielle
Melgar
Food & Agriculture, Advocate, PIRG