| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| 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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