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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 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.〔(Top poultry processors faulted for high Salmonella rates - Food Production Daily, 6 July 2006 )〕 Food and Water Watch has also been critical of the growing bottled water industry for health and environmental concerns. 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,〔(Book review for Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America by Wenonah Hauter(The New Press) )〕 stated that by December 31, 2007, all of the dairy products used in company-operated stores would be produced with rBGH-free milk. Charity Watch rates Food & Water Watch an "A" grade.〔Charity Rating Guide and Watchdog Report, Volume Number 59, December 2011〕 == Campaigns == * Fights against food irradiation, including publication of ''Zapped: Irradiation and the Death of Food'', a book co-authored by Hauter and Mark Worth. * 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Food & Water Watch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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