Food & Water Watch
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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 January 2006.
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]
[edit] Campaigns
- Fights against food irradiation.
- 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 get Starbucks Coffee to stop using milk from cows which have been treated with rBGH.
[edit] References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Denner, Diana. "Bottling Water Concerns", Ithaca Times, June 7, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-24. (English)
- ^ Food & Water Watch (August 24, 2007). "Starbucks Agrees to Hold the Hormones For Good" (in English). Press release. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
- ^ Starbucks Letter to F&WW (English). Food & Water Watch (August 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
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