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 India |
India defers first GM food crop| India has deferred the commercial cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop due to safety concerns | |
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| Dec.23 |
 Zimbabwe |
Nestle shuts factory, citing intimidation One of the world's largest food companies has shut down a factory in Zimbabwe after a dispute with the government
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| Dec.13 |
 England |
Cadbury and Hershey in bid talks Cadbury and Hershey are in talks with a view to the Kraft Foods making a bid for the Birmingham based confectioner
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| Dec.6 |
 Sumatra |
Rainforests turned into smoldering ruins Already 85 percent of Sumatra's forests are gone, transformed into a lifeless plain, soon to be replanted with monocultures
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| Oct.12 |
 UN |
Food production 'must rise 70%' United Nations food agency: Food production will have to increase by 70% over the next 40 years to feed the world's growing population
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| Sep.25 |
Iceland |
Iceland plans big whalemeat trade
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| Sep.6 |
United Kingdom |
Kraft in £10.2bn move for Cadbury
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| Jul.19 |
Japan |
Fishermen brace for giant jellyfish
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| Jul.18 |
Milan |
Milan to enforce teen drink ban
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| Jun.26 |
India |
Farmers cursed with severe drought
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| May.15 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela seizes U.S.-owned food plant
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| May.3 |
Egypt |
Farmers protest swine slaughter
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| Apr.20 |
European Union |
EU commission urges fishing cuts
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| Mar.14 |
Washington |
Obama warns of US food 'hazard'
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| Mar.4 |
Venezuela |
Chavez orders nationalization of Cargill |
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| Mar.3 |
Argentina |
Government, farmers reach accords |
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| Feb.28 |
Venezuela |
Chavez sends army to rice plants |
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| Feb.12 |
China |
Farmers struggling under severe drought |
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| Feb.9 |
Seattle |
Starbucks offers coffee-breakfast combos |
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| Feb.3 |
Afghanistan |
Afghan farmers give up opium for wheat |
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| Jan.29 |
Argentina |
Farmers face ruin as drought kills cattle |
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| Jan.21 |
 China |
Death penalty over contaminated milk One man has been given the death penalty and another a life sentence for their involvement in contaminated milk scandal
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| Dec.31 |
China |
Milk scandal executives on trial
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| Dec.27 |
Beijing |
China dairies to compensate victims Victims of tainted baby formula are expected to be compensated by 22 Chinese dairy producers that made the milk
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| Dec.25 |
China |
Scandal-tainted Sanlu files for bankruptcy |
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| Dec.9 |
Ireland |
Dioxin scare spreads to beef |
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Global |
High food prices creating more hunger |
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| Oct.10 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela shuts down McDonald's |
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| Oct.6 |
Cuba |
Storms bring food shortages back |
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| Oct.5 |
Hong Kong |
Melamine in Cadbury products
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| Oct.3 |
Vietnam |
Melamine found in 18 more food products
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| Sep.30 |
Hong Kong |
Giant recalls melamine tainted tea |
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| Sep.26 |
Japan |
Japan recalls sweets in melamine scandal |
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| Sep.25 |
China |
China stops tainted sweet sales
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| Sep.18 |
China |
Tests find liquid milk tainted Milk samples from 3 dairies have tested positive for a chemical that has already killed 4 babies and sickened thousands more
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| Sep.17 |
China |
3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula Drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year by Mengniu Dairy Group
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| Jul.28 |
South Korea |
First U.S. beef arrives in Korea after ban
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| Jul.18 |
 Argentina |
President drops farm tax after protests Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is dropping an agricultural export tax that has provoked months of protests from farmers
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| Jul.13 |
Australia |
Drought hurts vital Australian wheat
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| Jun.25 |
 South Korea |
South Korea lifts ban on US beef| South Korea has formally lifted an import ban, allowing meat from young cattle to be shipped into the country | |
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| Jun.15 |
Argentina |
Farmers renew protests
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| Jun.5 |
 Rome |
Billion dollars pledged for food crisis World leaders have made 'extraordinary' commitments to short-term food crisis solutions but more work is needed on long-term solutions
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| Jun.4 |
Argentina |
Traffic snarls latest bump in farm crisis
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| Jun.2 |
Rome |
Summit targets global food crisis| A key UN-sponsored summit is set to open aimed at addressing the problem of soaring global food prices | |
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| Jun.1 |
Japan |
Japan urges global food support
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| May.29 |
Venezuela |
Latin Americans to discuss cost of food
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World Bank pledges $1.2 billion for food The World Bank is making grants and loans to combat the global food crisis, including some $200 million for those most at risk
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UN |
UN warns about higher food costs
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| May.22 |
UN |
U.N.: Poor could pay 40% more for food The world's poorest countries could pay 40% more for food this year than they did last year because of rising prices
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| May.3 |
Global |
Asian bank in food crisis warning
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| May.1 |
 Washington |
Bush offers $770m for food crisis George W Bush has offered an international food aid to help ease the effects of surging food prices that have sparked riots in some countrie...
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| Apr.21 |
UN |
Leaders warn on biofuels and food
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| Apr.17 |
South Korea |
S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban' Seoul's farm ministry: South Korea has agreed to relax restrictions on beef imports from the US
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| Apr.13 |
Global |
World Bank echoes food cost alarm
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| Apr.12 |
Global |
IMF head gives food price warning 
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has warned that hundreds of thousands of people will face starvation if food prices keep rising
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| Mar.25 |
Argentina |
Farmers strike leaves shelves bare
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| Jan.25 |
Switzerland |
Bill Gates new project: Farming
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| Dec.21 |
 Japan |
Humpback whale hunt halted Japan has 'temporarily halted' its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica
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| Feb.12 |
Japan |
Japan in commercial whaling push Pro-whaling countries are meeting to plot a path towards lifting the moratorium on commercial whaling
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| Dec.28 |
Washington |
US body backs sale of cloned food The Food and Drug Administration: Meat and milk from cloned animals is safe for human consumption
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| Jun.18 |
Caribbean |
Resolution passes to resume whaling
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| Dec.21 |
European Union |
EU quotas bring modest fish cuts |
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| Dec.18 |
 Hong Kong |
WTO seals farms deal| Ministers from 149 states saved long-running talks with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013 | |
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| Oct.25 |
European Union |
Ban on imports of live birds |
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| Jul.11 |
South Korea |
Seoul boosts food aid to N. Korea |
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| Jan.5 |
USA |
US envoys bid to ease BSE fears |
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| Dec.23 |
USA |
Mad cow disease confirmed In the first wave of response, Japan and South Korea are immediately banning all U.S. beef imports
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| Aug.15 |
Liberia |
Relief food ship docks |
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| Jun.23 |
Washington |
US in new global GM push |
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| May.20 |
Canada |
Mad cow disease reported
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| Dec.5 |
Iraq |
U.N. extends Iraq oil, food plan |
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