LIFTING THE VEIL OF SECRECY.The Center for Science in the Public Interest (publisher of Nutrition Action Healthletter) is a "nanny" organization that "huddled hud·dle n. 1. A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals. 2. Football A brief gathering of a team's players behind the line of scrimmage to receive instructions for the next play. 3. with federal officials to discuss imposing mandatory menu warning labels, levying `Twinkie' taxes on high-caloric foods, launching media campaigns to `denormalize' popular restaurant foods, and mandating food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. marketing restrictions." Says who? An organization called the Guest Choice Network, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a news item last May in the Washington Times. The news account described the network as a group that "aims to protect consumer choices." In fact, the Guest Choice Network is a lobbying coalition of more than 30,000 restaurant and tavern owners. It happens all the time. A newspaper quotes a "consumer" group that turns out to be an industry front. Or a TV show interviews a researcher without revealing that his or her work has been funded by the egg industry, salt industry, or some other outfit with a stake in the results. It's not that journalists are in cahoots This article is about the band In Cahoots. For other uses, see Cahoots (disambiguation). In Cahoots is a Canterbury scene band led by guitarist Phil Miller, their main composer. with industry groups. It's just that they rarely ask the people they interview about potential conflicts of interest. Lifting the veil of secrecy is a major goal of CSPI's new "Integrity in Science" project, which is directed by attorney Ronald Collins. To kick off the project, CSPI CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest CSPI Corporate Service Price Index CSPI Cumulative Schedule Performance Index is posting on its Web site information about the financial links of hundreds of academics and non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. to business interests. The idea is to encourage journalists and government officials to be more sensitive to potential conflicts of interest. That's one way to have a more-informed public, better government policies, and a safer environment and food supply. For more information online: www.cspinet.org/integrity. |
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