Following its name change to the Center for Consumer Freedom in 2001, the Washington Post reported that "it shifted its focus to food and beverage issues, raised by concerns about obesity, mad cow disease and genetically modified products."
Ngemuva kokushintshwa kwegama layo laba yiCentre for Consumer Freedom ngo-2001, iWashington Post yabika ukuthi "yagxila kakhulu ezindabeni zokudla neziphuzo, yaphakanyiswa ukukhathazeka ngokukhuluphala, isifo sezinkomo ezihlanyayo nemikhiqizo eguqulwe izakhi zofuzo."