How Safe is Our Food Supply?

"Eat Their Words" Panel Hosted By Consumer Reports Brings Together Noted Food Writers to Discuss the Media's Role in Shaping a Safer Food System

YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Consumer Reports:

WHO:

• Marion Nestle, New York University professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, and author of many influential books, including Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety.
• William Neuman, New York Times reporter on food safety, politics, and industry.
• Bill Marler, prominent attorney for food safety cases and founder of FoodSafetyNews.com.
• Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., Director, Technical Policy and Safety, Consumer Reports, is a nationally recognized expert and a frequent contributor to mainstream media news on food safety. She will moderate the panel.

WHAT: How safe is the food supply in the United States?  Salmonella in chicken, Bisphenol-A (BPA) in canned food, bacteria in bagged salad; over Consumer Reports' 75 years, our lab tests and critical reporting has informed the public of these and other dangers lurking in our food supply.

As a part of its 75th Anniversary celebration and Exhibit at Grand Central Terminal, Consumer Reports will host "Eat Their Words," a panel discussion which will include nationally known food-safety experts and journalists who have helped propel marketplace and regulatory changes to make our food supply safer.

The exhibit will include demonstrations and an exclusive look at how Consumer Reports tests thousands of products each year. The panel, as well as the rest of the exhibit, will be completely free and open to the public.

WHEN: Friday, October 28, 12 p.m.–1 p.m.

WHERE: Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall
87 E 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017

MORE: Consumer Reports National Testing and Research Center is the largest nonprofit educational and consumer product testing center in the world.

Join us for a look inside traveling versions of our state-of-the-art labs, meet our top experts, and see how we test a selection from the thousands of products we review each year.

An interactive exhibit of Consumer Reports' history and future will be on display at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal on October 28-29, 2011.

SOURCE Consumer Reports