Foodwatch
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| Founder(s) | Thilo Bode |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Location | Berlin |
| Key people | Thilo Bode, president |
| Area served | Germany |
| Focus | Consumer rights |
| Motto | Foodwatch fights for consumers' rights |
| Website | www.foodwatch.de |
Foodwatch is a German organization that focuses on protecting consumer rights[1] and food quality.[2] was founded in October 2002 in Berlin by former Greenpeace executive director Thilo Bode.[3][4]
In 2008 they reported that uranium concentrations in German tap water exceeded the permitted levels.[5]
Each year Foodwatch delivers the Goldener Windbeutel (Award to the most insolent lie advertising), which in 2009 went to Actimel.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ A German Battle over Food Labeling 18/04/2008 Business Week Magazine
- ^ Foodwatch: ¡ojo al bife! 18/10/2002 Deutsche Welle (Spanish)
- ^ Greenpeace. Cambio de rumbo El Mundo (Spanish)
- ^ El escándalo del nitrofeno vuelve a surgir en Alemania 06/11/2002 Consumer (Spanish)
- ^ Denuncian que el agua del grifo en Alemania contiene más uranio de lo permitido 05/08/2008 El Mundo (Spanish)
- ^ Actimel: Premio a la mentira publicitaria más insolente 29/03/2009 Cantabria Liberal (Spanish)
