Food & Water Watch
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Key people | Maude Barlow (Chairperson) Wenonah Hauter (Executive Director) |
| Area served | International |
| Focus | Consumer protection |
| Website | http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ |
Food & Water Watch is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization and consumer rights group which focuses on corporate and government accountability relating to food, water, and fishing. Food and Water Watch employs a four pronged effort focusing on public and policymaker education, lobbying, media, and Internet activism. Food & Water Watch became independent from its parent organization, Public Citizen, in 2005.
Food & Water Watch was the first to break the news of the high rate of salmonella in US chicken processing plants in July 2006.[1] Food and Water Watch has also been critical of the growing bottled water industry for health and environmental concerns.[2] On August 24, 2007, Food & Water Watch announced success in its effort to get Starbucks Coffee to stop using milk originating from rBGH-treated cows, after Starbucks, in a letter to executive director Wenonah Hauter, stated that by December 31, 2007, all of the dairy products used in company-operated stores would be produced with rBGH-free milk.[3][4]
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[edit] Campaigns
- Fights against food irradiation, including publication of Zapped: Irradiation and the Death of Food, a book co-authored by Hauter and Mark Worth.[5]
- Promotion of sustainable agriculture, local, organic farming and small-scale agriculture.
- Restricting the practice of aquaculture in American waters.
- Protection of drinking water standards.
- Efforts to prevent sourcing of milk from cows treated with rBGH.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Denner, Diana (June 7, 2006). "Bottling Water Concerns". Ithaca Times. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16749756&BRD=1395&PAG=461&dept_id=216620&rfi=6. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ "Starbucks Agrees to Hold the Hormones For Good" (Press release). Food & Water Watch. August 24, 2007. http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/press/releases/starbucks-agrees-to-hold-the-hormones-for-good-article08242007. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
- ^ "Starbucks Letter to F&WW". Food & Water Watch. August 24, 2007. http://fwwatch.org/food/dairy/starbucks-campaign/starbucks-letter-to-fww. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
- ^ "New Book Reveals Decades-Long Food Safety PR Scam" (Press release). Food & Water Watch. 2008-06-10. http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/press/releases/zapped-irradiation-and-the-death-of-food20080610/. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
[edit] Further reading
- Driver, Anna (2010-05-17). "U.S. regulators sued over BP's Atlantis platform". Reuters. Houston, Texas. Archived from the original on 2010-05-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5poAj5oFZ. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
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