Site name: Center for Science in the Public Interest URL: www.cspinet.org Background information: The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply. CSPI seeks to promote health through educating the public about nutrition and alcohol; it represents citizens’

interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and it works to ensure that advances in science are used for the public’s good. It has been very active in targeting the restaurant industry with their public interest issues.

Exercises: Go to the “Newsroom” link and choose and read a current or previous article that targets a segment of the restaurant industry.

a. Discuss how the article you read might impact the restaurant industry. Do you think this article will persuade the restaurant industry to change? Why or why not?

b. If your worked with the CSPI, what would you list as your top three priorities?