AB 7 places a one year moratorium on non-wooden baseball bats during any activities conducted at a private or public high school.

AB 2720 would require the Dep. of Food and Agriculture provide recommendations to the Legislature to promote food justice.

As the use of sample prescription drugs continues to rise, the need for consumers to have basic health and safety information on those drugs has never been greater.

AB 1512 would prohibit a retailer from selling infant formula or baby food after the printed "use by" date that is required under federal law. This bill also prohibits retailers from selling over the counter drugs after the printed expiration date that is required under federal law.

California is the only state in the nation that maintains a standard (TB 117) requiring the use of fire retardant chemicals in the polyurethane foam contained in juvenile products. Read CFC's three fact sheets on why this law should be changed.

CFC was an outspoken proponent of SB 1420...The new law is much more than just an effort to reduce obesity and heart disease – it’s about giving consumers the right to know what they’re putting in their bodies.

One recent study found that the dust in California homes had 4 to 10 times higher levels of PDBEs than other states, and 200 times higher level compared to homes in the European Union.

Sacramento is in the grip of budget cuts that will harm programs that serve tens of millions of Californians. One agency slated for destruction protects Californians from toxic exposures. If eliminated, the result could be increased rates of cancer, neurologic and reproductive damage...

The bill, SB 1237, would require hospitals and clinics to record radiation dose of CT scans. The bill would also require CT services to be accredited by an organization approved by CMS and calls for facilities to report any overdose to the patient, treating physician, and California Department of Public Health.

...nearly 50 environmental, public health, consumer and worker safety advocates from every region of California have written to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and to Cal-EPA Secretary Linda Adams, saying the draft regulations issued last month "fall far short of meeting the worthy goals of the Initiative."

...it is the big oil, drug and insurance groups who have the most to gain by smearing someone backed by environmentalists, medical attorneys and consumer protection groups and defeating Betsy Butler.

"At the end of the day, there's no reason why patients who get sample drugs at a doctor's office should be less informed than if they filled a prescription at any licensed pharmacy," said Richard Holober, Executive Director of CFC.

Consumer Federation of California explains: If you believed a certain baby formula would make your child smarter, would you buy it? Infant formula manufacturers are banking that you would.

Senate Bill 797, a proposal to ban BPA - bisphenol A - in baby bottles and sippy cups that was supported by labor and environmental groups but opposed by the American Chemistry Council and a coalition of business groups. The bill died by two votes in the Senate.

Five out of nine members of a scientific panel that advises the state on toxic chemicals have been fired in recent weeks, following disputes with the chemical industry and a conservative group that targets environmental laws.

What will it take to protect the nation's food supply? Apparently the recall of a half billion eggs and 1,500-and-counting cases of salmonella. Add in the scofflaw conduct of a major egg producer and a slow moving federal bureaucracy. The sum total may finally spur action.

In an effort to tackle national obesity, the FDA's draft guidelines require any businesses with more than 20 locations to post the calorie information in the same size type as the menu item or price.

Last year, a bill that would've outlawed selling expired baby food and formula in California passed the state Legislature, but it was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who argued that current laws were sufficient. Holober said the amount of expired food and formula that the I-Team found for sale shows that the current law is not sufficient.

"California consumers should be entitled to purchase medications that are safe and effective and parents and children deserve assurances that their baby food is nutritional and healthy," said Richard Holober, Executive Director of the CFC. "Shockingly, we found that fully 41% of Rite Aid stores fail the test."

A coalition of concerned mothers, firefighters, environmentalists, public health experts and consumer groups are one step closer to winning a landmark victory for children’s health with the State Senate’s approval last evening of SB 772 (Leno).

With the deadline for digital TV conversion nearing, televisions are sure to be at the top on many holiday gift lists. The good news is The Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC) recently released a report card on the TV industry’s recycling programs for discarded televisions.

Consumers Union, CalPIRG, MOMS, Consumer Action and the Consumer Federation of California will join consumers in San Francisco...calling on manufacturers, retailers, and government agencies to develop effective measures to prevent unsafe products from reaching store shelves.

In the wake of increasing incidences of tainted food products in the U.S., particularly those coming from China, consumer and family farm representatives urged the US Senate to enact country of origin labeling (COOL) laws.