Food Safety

Your demands for healthier milk are being heard. Chipotle; Kroger; and Wal-Mart have joined a trend to supply rBGH-free dairy products. There's a lot more work to do and healthier milk is just one reason to take action and stay informed.

What's New

Country-of-Origin Label Requirements Making Progress

Soon, you will finally see country-of-origin labels (COOL) on some foods. But thanks to loopholes in the new plan, many products will still be allowed to go without labels. You know where your clothes, electronics, and cars come from but what about your food? Take action: ask the USDA to fix the rules for COOL!

Video Reveals Big Problems at Meat Plant

The February 18, 2008 announcement that more than 140 million pounds of frozen ground beef was being recalled sparked lots of media coverage, not only because of the size of the recall (the largest in U.S. history) but because of the dramatic video footage that sparked the recall. Read more about this latest in a string of examples of our broken food safety system.

Your Demands for Healthier Milk Are Getting Results -- Keep Up the Pressure

Retailers across the nation are moving to artificial growth hormone-free milk. Chipotle, Kroger, and Wal-Mart joined the trend to supply rBGH-free dairy products. We are over half-way to our signature goal to thank the retailers and encourage others to do the same. Sign our petition and help us reach another 5,000 consumers.

Food Safety

You have the right to eat food that is safe. But the food industry often seeks to produce food in the cheapest and fastest way possible. Their methods can spread disease or expose consumers to questionable technologies and additives.

Food & Water Watch believes that you don't want cloned or genetically modified meat that's been sprayed with viruses or irradiated to kill germs left from filthy slaughter and processing practices and then is pumped with carbon monoxide to preserve its fresh looking red color. You don't want milk from cows that received the genetically modified artificial growth hormone rBGH and the antibiotics required to combat the udder infections the hormone encourages.

Instead, Food & Water Watch advocates for a safe and wholesome food supply with strong consumer safeguards at the slaughterhouse and processing plant. We hope you will join us.

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Fact Sheets

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Reports

What’s Behind the Global Food Crisis? — The 2008 global food crisis is compromising the su ...
Carbon Monoxide — In today’s world, seeing is not believing –– ...
More Foul Fowl — The bacteria Salmonella is the leading cause of fo ...
The Trouble With Smithfield: A Corporate Profile — Four corporations control 66 percent of the U.S. h ...
Import Alert — The Food and Drug Administration oversees the safe ...

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