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Video Reveals Big Problems at Meat Plant

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.  Read more about this latest in a string of examples of our broken food safety system.

You Have a Right to Know How Your Milk Was Produced;
Dairies Have a Right to Tell You

Food & Water Watch activists helped convince the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to reverse a ban on "hormone free" milk labels, but the makers of rBGH are taking their case to other states. Indiana is considering a bill in the legislature to take away this important consumer tool. Contact your Governor today! Read more about artificial bovine growth hormone and milk.

Food Safety

Consumers have the right to eat food that is safe for themselves and their families.  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 consumers 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.  Consumers tell us that they 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.