The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) was founded in 1971 by Michael Jacobson, who remains its executive director. It is a consumer advocacy organization principally concerned with nutrition and food safety, and its membership consists of scientists, nutrition educators, journalists, and lawyers.

CSPI has campaigned on a variety of health and nutrition issues, particularly nutritional problems on a national level. It is the purpose of the group to address "deceptive marketing practices, dangerous food additives or contaminants, conflicts of interests in the academic community, and flawed science propagated by industries concerned solely with profits." It monitors current research on nutrition and food safety, as well as the federal agencies responsible for these areas. CSPI maintains an office for legal affairs and special projects. It has initiated legal actions to restrict food contaminants and to...