Take Back the Tap Organizing Fellowships

May 1, 2008

Are you a campus leader who wants to take your organization to the next level? Are you looking to play a vital role in a growing environmental and social justice movement? This rigorous Summer Fellowship Program includes a four-day training in Washington D.C. with national campaign staff and movement leaders. Gain hands-on experience in media and messaging; volunteer recruitment and management; organizational coalition-building; campaign strategy; and more.

Clean Water Cited As Essential to a Healthy Planet

April 10, 2008

Food & Water Watch slides into number 26 as your partner for clean and safe water in the revised edition of "50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth".

Video Reveals Big Problems at Meat Plant

February 20, 2008

The February 18, 2008 announcement that more than 140 million pounds of frozen ground beef produced by a plant in California was being recalled has sparked lots of media coverage, not only because of the sheer size of the recall (the largest in U.S. history) but because of the dramatic video footage of the humane handling violations at the plant that sparked the recall. But, as always, there is more to the story that what you see on the news.

Gulf Aquaculture Press Call Summary & Audio

October 24, 2007

Event Audio Recording: Fishing, conservation, and consumer groups discuss the pending Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Generic Offshore Aquaculture Amendment and a new analysis from Food & Water Watch discussing potential economic consequences of rushing to open the Gulf to industrial fish farming.

High Risk Canadian Cattle in U.S. Food Supply

June 15, 2007

News Item: Food & Water Watch sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns complete with affidavits of USDA employees describing significant problems with the United States mad cow (or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE) policies and practices that endanger U.S. consumers.

Melamine Contaminated Fish Feed

May 21, 2007

News Item: Thousands of pet deaths across the United States prompted a Food and Drug Administration investigation that uncovered melamine, a chemical component of plastics and pesticides, in pet food. Canadian fishmeal manufacturers also imported the contaminated wheat flour and used it to produce fishmeal that was sold to nearly 200 aquaculture operations in the United States.

Carbon Monoxide-Treated Meat

May 14, 2007

News Item: The Senate OKs the Levin Amendment requiring the Food and Drug Administration to consider the health risks of carbon monoxide-treated meat.

Pending Cloned Animal Slaughter

May 4, 2007

News Item: The Center for Food Safety and Food and Water Watch learned of the imminent sale of several cloned animals for slaughter and sent the attached letter to the USDA FSIS asking the agency to prohibit any slaughter of clones and their progeny.

USDA Vacancies Equal Uninspected Food

April 18, 2007

News Item: Food & Water Watch sent a letter today to U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Richard Raymond outlining our concerns about agency’s lack of transparency on meat inspector vacancies.

Full Story: rBGH-Free Labels

April 5, 2007

News Item: A recent poll conducted for Food & Water Watch indicates that 80 percent of consumers want milk from cows not treated with the hormone to be labeled “rBGH-free" but Monsanto, the manufacturer of rBGH, has asked for such labels to be restricted.

Bush Administration Irresponsible on World Water Day

March 20, 2007

News Item: Upon passage of the Clean Water Act in 1977, Congress declared, “it is the national policy that Federal financial assistance be provided to construct publicly owned waste treatment works.” Today, EPA predicts an annual gap of $22 billion between the funds available and the funds needed to maintain the nations pipes and treatment plants to meet minimum federal standards for drinking water.

Slaking Profit's Thirst

February 3, 2007

News Item: Australia's water policy is causing the country to experience a water crisis. Written by Maude Barlow.

USDA to Propose Less Inspection

January 29, 2007

News Item: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is poised to release its "roadmap" or timeline for something called risk based inspection of meat processing plants. Food & Water Watch has serious concerns that the Bush Administration's reform to the inspection system will mean less government inspection.

Mad Cow, Canadian Cattle

January 5, 2007

News Item: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it intends to expand the scope of meat products and cattle that can be imported from Canada proves once again that the agency is more concerned about pleasing trading partners than protecting public health.

Contaminated Meat Goes to Market

November 30, 2006

News Item: The U.S. Department of Agriculture decides to allow contaminated meat go to market.

Food & Water Watch in the News July 2008

Salmonella Contamination – Is Irradiation the Solution?

June 13, 2008

Executive director of Food & Water Watch and author of the new book Zapped! Irradiation and the Death of Food, Hauter said today: "As stores and restaurants around the country pull tomatoes from shelves and menus in response to the recent salmonella outbreak, American tomato farmers are poised to lose their livelihoods and the food irradiation industry sees dollar signs.