Foodwatch

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Foodwatch
Founded2002
FounderThilo Bode
Focus Consumer rights
Location
Area served
Europe
Key people
Jörg Rohwedder, president
Website www.foodwatch.eu

Foodwatch is a European advocacy group that focuses on protecting consumer rights [1] as they pertain to food quality. [2] The organization was founded in October 2002 in Berlin by former Greenpeace executive director Thilo Bode. [3] [4] As of 2020, the organization is active in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Austria. [5] Foodwatch International, while handled as a separate unit, is legally a part of the German foodwatch association. [6]

In 2008, the organization reported that uranium concentrations in German tap water exceeded the permitted levels. [7]

An important aspect of Foodwatch's activities consists of investigating manufacturer claims in marketing campaigns and on packaging. Each year Foodwatch delivers the Goldener Windbeutel (German)/Gouden Windei (Dutch), given to the product whose packaging is the most misleading, as voted on by visitors to the website. In 2009 the award went to Actimel. [8] In the 2012 campaign, Foodwatch criticized Becel pro-active, a Unilever product which is supposed to lower the risk of coronary disease. Foodwatch demanded Unilever stop selling the product, [9] leading to considerable scrutiny of the product and countercriticism by the manufacturer. [10]

References

  1. ↑ A German Battle over Food Labeling 18/04/2008 Business Week Magazine
  2. ↑ Foodwatch: ¡ojo al bife! 18/10/2002 Deutsche Welle (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Greenpeace. Cambio de rumbo El Mundo (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El escándalo del nitrofeno vuelve a surgir en Alemania Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine 06/11/2002 Consumer (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ "About us". Foodwatch. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  6. ↑ "Our team". Foodwatch. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  7. ↑ Denuncian que el agua del grifo en Alemania contiene más uranio de lo permitido 05/08/2008 El Mundo (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Actimel: Premio a la mentira publicitaria más insolente 29/03/2009 Cantabria Liberal (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ "Foodwatch eist verkoopstop Becel pro-activ via supermarkt". Algemeen Dagblad . 2 March 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Salehy, Nadine al (5 March 2012). "Kritiek Foodwatch op Becel pro-activ - VMT: Alles voor de foodprofessional". VMT. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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