| 1973 | CSPI launches campaign to bar the use of sodium nitrite in bacon and other cured meats, which ultimately results in significantly lower levels of nitrites in many foods. |
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| 1974 | CSPI publishes Nutrition Scoreboard poster and distributes more than two million copies over the next 20 years. Nutrition Action Healthletter makes its debut. |
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| 1975 | CSPI sponsors the first of three national Food Days to raise awareness of food safety and nutrition issues. |
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| 1978 | CSPI petitions FDA to require sodium labeling of all foods and fat-content labeling of processed meats. |
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| 1982 |
CSPI's efforts to obtain sodium labeling culminate in a new FDA rule. |
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| 1987 | FDA bans sulfite preservatives (a lethal allergen) in most fresh foods, following CSPI's five-year effort. |
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| 1988 | CSPI wins passage of a federal law requiring a health warning label on all alcoholic beverage containers. |
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| 1989 | CSPI campaign spurs major hamburger chains to stop cooking french fries in beef fat. |
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| 1990 | CSPI's decade-long campaign wins a federal law requiring nutrition labeling of packaged foods and a ban on deceptive health claims. CSPI leads the effort to win passage of a federal law defining "organic" food. |
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| 1993 | CSPI launches a series of landmark investigative reports (beginning with Chinese-restaurant food), revealing for the first time the nutritional value of restaurant foods. |
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| 1994 | CSPI calls on the FDA to require the labeling of cholesterol-raising trans fats in foods and leads the effort to require lower-fat school meals. |
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| 1995 | CSPI persuades the federal government to propose new regulations to force the food industry to do better at keeping disease-causing bacteria out of foods. |
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| 1996 | CSPI expands its consumer education work into Canada and opens an advocacy office in Ottawa. |
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| 1997 | CSPI's Nutrition Action Healthletter becomes the largest-circulation health newsletter in North America, bringing life-saving information to more than two million Americans and Canadians. |
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| 1998 | CSPI wins the battle in Congress for $75 million in new funding for government food-safety inspections. |
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| 1999 | CSPI convinces Congress to expand funding from $2 million to $15 million to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for nutrition-education and physical-activity programs. CSPI's campaign to warn Americans about the dangers of the fake fat olestra contributes to Procter & Gambles decision not to seek approval to use olestra in foods other than snacks. |
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| 2000 | CSPI wins expanded bacteria testing for meat and increased funding for more food safety inspections. |
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| 2001 | After a four-year effort by CSPI, USDA proposes mandatory nutrition labeling for ground meat and poultry. FDA requires a safe-handling notice on egg cartons to reduce Salmonella poisoning. |
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| 2002 | CSPI wins funding increase to $27 million for CDC's programs to encourage better nutrition and more physical activity. CSPI blows the whistle on Quorn, a dangerous new food ingredient. CSPI obtains funding for the FDA to hire more imported-food inspectors and expand anti-food bioterrorism programs. |
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| 2003 | After a ten-year CSPI-led drive, the FDA finalizes a rule requiring food manufacturers to list artery-clogging trans fats on Nutrition Facts labels. CSPI launches efforts in several states to require nutrition labeling on fast-food chain restaurant menu boards and menus. CSPI prods the FDA to test a wide range of brand-name foods for cancer-causing acrylamide. |
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| 2004 | Prompted by publicity and pressure from CSPI, Congress passes a law requiring disclosure on food labels of the presence of allergens like peanuts, wheat, milk, soy, and egg to protect the six million Americans with food allergies. FDA proposes new regulations to keep Salmonella out of eggs. |
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| 2005 | CSPI's new litigation unit compels food manufacturers to stop a number of deceptive ads and labels. CSPI reactivates its 25-year battle to reduce sodium content of packaged and restaurant foods. CSPI's efforts help spur new policies in many cities and states to reduce or remove soda and junk foods from public schools. |
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| 2006 | CSPI’s threat to sue soft-drink companies spurs them to remove high-calorie soft drinks from schools. Likewise, court action (or the threat of it) by CSPI stops misleading ads and labels by Tropicana, Quaker, Frito-Lay, and other major food companies. CSPI stops a food-industry-led effort in Congress to overturn more than 200 tough state and local nutrition and food-safety laws. |
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| 2007 | Helped pass menu labeling requirements in New York City and King County (Seattle), WA — and introduced similar legislation in many other cities, counties, and states. Convinced a number of restaurant chains and major food companies to voluntarily eliminate deadly trans fat from their foods. Persuaded Kellogg to stop marketing foods of poor nutritional quality to kids, which led to other companies, like General Mills, doing the same. |
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