Foodwatch

Foodwatch
Founded 2002
Founder Thilo Bode
Focus Consumer rights
Location
Area served
 Germany
Key people
 Thilo Bode, president
Slogan Foodwatch fights for consumers' rights
Website www.foodwatch.de

Foodwatch is a European organization that focuses on protecting consumer rights[1] as they pertain to food quality.[2] Was founded in October 2002 in Berlin by former Greenpeace executive director Thilo Bode.[3][4] As of 2012 the organization was active in Germany and the Netherlands.

In 2008 they reported that uranium concentrations in German tap water exceeded the permitted levels.[5]

An important aspect of Foodwatch's activities consists of investigating manufacturers 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.[6] In the 2012 campaign, Foodwatch criticized Becel pro-active, a Unilever product which is supposed to lower the risk of coronary disease. Foodwatch demanded Unilver stop selling the product,[7] leading to considerable scrutiny of the product and countercriticism by the manufacturer.[8]

References

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

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