Articles by Scott Faber
EWG testimony before the Indiana House Committee on Education on HB 1137, to ban 13 harmful food chemicals from being served at schools
Good morning. My name is Scott Faber and I am testifying this morning on behalf of the Environmental Working Group. I am also an adjunct professor of food law at Georgetown University Law Center...
EWG testimony before the California Senate Health Committee on AB 1264, to ban particularly harmful ultra-processed foods
Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Scott Faber, testifying for the Environmental Working Group. I also teach Food Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining EWG, I was...
Congress’ PFAS protection rollbacks betray service members and defense communities
Beware misleading ‘regenerative’ claims on food
Has the Trump administration made America healthier?
The Trump administration is determined to “Make America Healthy Again.” Next week, it’s expected to release recommendations to improve diets and take other steps to improve our health. It follows a...
Will MAHA make our food healthier?
The Trump administration is determined to “Make America Healthy Again” and has made healthier food a central part of its strategy. Has the president in his second term made our food healthier? What...
EWG testimony before the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee on AB 1264, to ban particularly harmful ultra-processed foods
Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Scott Faber, and I am the Senior Vice President for Government Affairs for the Environmental Working Group. I also teach Food Law at Georgetown...
A farm bill for the one-tenth of the 1%
EWG testimony before the California Senate Education Committee on AB 1264, to ban particularly harmful ultra-processed foods
Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Scott Faber, testifying for the Environmental Working Group. I also teach food law at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining EWG, I was...
The cruelest farm bill ever
Don’t call it a budget bill. Call it the cruelest farm bill ever. The House budget bill will make it easier for wealthy farmers to receive farm subsidies and harder for poor people to receive anti...
On food chemicals, Biden and states have done more than Trump
When it comes to food chemicals, it’s time for the Trump team to step up. The Biden administration banned two food chemicals – brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, and Red Dye No. 3. BVO is linked to...
EWG testimony before the Pennsylvania Assembly House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee on H.B. 1131 and H.B. 1132, to ban unhealthy ultra-processed foods and food dyes from school foods
The following is May 13 testimony from Scott Faber, the Environmental Working Group’s senior vice president for government affairs, before the Pennsylvania Assembly House Consumer Protection...
Most counties lose if Congress cuts SNAP to boost farm subsidies, fund tax breaks
EWG testimony to the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on sunscreen safety
Trump EPA may threaten state and local bans of toxic weedkiller glyphosate
10 questions for Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins
Brooke Rollins, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Agriculture, will testify January 23 before the Senate Agriculture Committee. The panel’s...
How factory farms can contaminate carrots with dangerous pathogens like E. coli
A California carrot company has initiated a voluntary recall following an E. coli outbreak that has caused at least one death and sickened many others, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Senate farm bill proposal makes climate a USDA priority
If enacted, the farm bill released this week by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) would finally make it a permanent Department of Agriculture priority to support farmers...
How factory farms can contaminate onions with dangerous pathogens like E. coli
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration report that onions are the likely source of the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak that killed one person and sickened...
