Press Releases
Below are Food & Water Watch Press releases:
The People: 1; Nestle: 1: Activists Save Water From Corporate Control in Wells, Maine as Neighbors in Rangeley Lose Out To Extraction Site
July 18, 2008
Water activists seized a decisive victory yesterday when trustees of the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Wells Water District voted to indefinitely table action on a thirty year agreement with Nestle to allow the company to extract local water for Poland Springs water in Wells, Maine. Nestle announced its plan to forge a contract with the water district last month to take between 250,000 to 500,000 gallons of water a day from the town’s fragile ecosystem. Food & Water Watch allied with Defending Water in Maine and other local organizations to protest the contract and Nestle’s presence in Maine.
FDA Spends Too Much on Employee Parties, Not Enough on Food Safety
July 15, 2008
Press Release: Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director: In a time of increasing concern over the safety of our food supply, it is disconcerting to hear of frivolous spending from a federal agency that is charged with protecting consumers’ safety. Yet unfortunately this is the case with the Food and Drug Administration.
Consumers To Receive Information about Where Recalled Meat Was Sold
July 11, 2008
Press Release: Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director: After years of bureaucratic delay, we are encouraged to see that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has finally decided to disclose the names of retailers where meat and poultry products subject to Class I recalls are sold.
Backlash Against Bottled Water Gains Momentum: Food & Water Watch To Coordinate Access to Tap Water at Slow Food Nation
July 10, 2008
Washington, DC-- Food & Water Watch is partnering with sustainable food activists to ensure access to safe, clean, free tap water at the upcoming Slow Food Nation festival Labor Day weekend in San Francisco, California. The event is one of many in a growing movement to reject bottled water. The consumer advocacy group will coordinate the installation and operation of five tap water stations at the event and will sell patrons re-usable, environmentally friendly stainless steal canteens. It will also produce a how-to guide for event planners interesting in catering bottled-water free events.
Lawsuit Against U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over “Pavlov’s Fish” Experiment
July 8, 2008
Press Release: Food & Water Watch sued to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from authorizing a bizarre experimental fish farm in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The experiment, which garnered national and international press because of its novelty, intends to release fish into the Bay once they are trained to associate a specific sound with being fed.
Congress Must Give USDA Authority to Shut Down Problem Meat Plants
July 8, 2008
Press Release: Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director: The current 5.3 million pound recall of beef products from Nebraska Beef clearly illustrates the error made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection (FSIS) in 2003 when it failed to appeal a questionable court decision that allowed the company to stay open in spite of unsanitary conditions.
Bush Proposal Allows Industrial Fish Farming Off Coasts
July 8, 2008
Press Release: The Bush administration took an end-run around Congress today with a proposal that, for the first time ever, would set up a federal program to allow industrial fish farming in federal waters. The proposal, announced by the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS), would allow fish farms to operate in federal water using energy companies’ oil and gas rigs.
Food & Water Watch Guide Demystifies Water Quality Reports
July 1, 2008
Washington, DC—By July 1st, water customers around the country will have received water quality reports from their local utility. Faced with fine print and scary chemical names, many consumers might be tempted to just buy bottled water, even though their tap water may be every bit as clean, pure and healthy as the brands marketed as such by bottled water companies. To help consumers make informed choices about the water they drink, Food & Water Watch is releasing a guide to understanding water quality reports.
Bottled Water Jobs Low-Paying, Dangerous: Food & Water Watch Analysis Cracks Corporate Spin as Nestle Announces Plans to Take More Water in Maine
June 25, 2008
Washington, DC—Bottled water plants create few jobs, many of which are dangerous and low paying finds an analysis released today by the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch. The Unbottled Truth About Bottled Water Jobs examines the claims put forth by corporations when they want officials to let them open bottled water facilities in their towns and reveals the truth behind the spin.
Bottled Water Bill Moves Forward in California State Senate
June 24, 2008
Consumer organizations working to halt the privatization of California’s water resources won a small victory yesterday when the California State Senate’s Appropriations Committee voted in favor of AB 2275, a bill to enforce stricter disclosure standards for water-bottling companies. AB 2275 would require businesses licensed to bottle, vend, haul or distribute bottled water to report the source of the water as either from a well, lake, river or spring; the location of the source and whether that source is privately or publically owned. The bill will next go before the full Senate for vote.
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