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| Aug.11 |
European Union |
Eggs containing fipronil found in 15 EU countries and Hong Kong Fifteen EU countries as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland have received eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil
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| Jun.16 |
Seattle |
Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7bn
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| Sep.5 |
Germany |
Bayer offers $65bn to win control of Monsanto
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| Jun.16 |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia to bring in 'soda tax' to fight obesity
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| May.23 |
Venezuela |
Sugar shortage cuts Coca-Cola production in Venezuela
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| Apr.29 |
Argentina |
Argentina floods swamp soy crop
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| Apr.22 |
North Korea |
Kim Jong Un broadcasts cooking competition, while North Korea starves
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| Apr.21 |
Argentina |
Argentina floods cause soy crop losses, force evacuations
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| Feb.12 |
USA |
21st Century US 'dustbowl' risk assessed |
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| Feb.8 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong clashes as police clear food stalls 
Clashes have broken out in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong during a police operation to clear illegal food stalls
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| Nov.20 |
California |
Chipotle shares hit as E. coli scare widens |
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| Aug.4 |
North Caucasus |
Locust swarms plague southern Russia |
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| Jul.3 |
North Korea |
North Korean farmers face dry fields amid drought |
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| Mar.26 |
USA |
Pepsi overtakes Diet Coke as US soda sales slide |
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| Mar.25 |
USA |
Kraft shares soar on Heinz merger |
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| Nov.16 |
Spain |
Fire destroys large meat producing plant in northern Spain |
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| Aug.21 |
Southern India |
India's Kerala state plans to ban alcohol sales |
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| Aug.12 |
Denmark |
Denmark links 12 listeria deaths to pork sausage |
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| Aug.7 |
Moscow |
Russia hits West with food import ban in sanctions row |
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| Aug.6 |
 Moscow |
Putin orders retaliatory sanctions Russian President has banned or curbed agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine
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| Jul.25 |
Moscow |
McDonald's in Russian court case over standards |
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| Jul.8 |
USA |
US cupcake chain Crumbs Bake Shop shuts stores |
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| Jun.9 |
 Tokyo |
Japan signals resumption of whaling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said Japan will step up efforts to resume its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic
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| Apr.17 |
Beijing |
China says one-fifth of its farmland is polluted |
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| Apr.10 |
Southern California |
Sriracha hot sauce factory declared a public nuisance |
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| Mar.10 |
Ireland |
World's largest banana firm created |
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| Feb.10 |
Los Angeles |
'Dumb' Starbucks owner revealed |
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| Feb.2 |
London |
Virus shuts top London restaurant |
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| Jan.24 |
Canada |
Canada ships GM purple tomatoes to UK |
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| Jan.13 |
Illinois |
Japan's Suntory buys Jim Beam drinks group in $16bn deal |
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| Dec.22 |
Australia |
Australian plane to monitor whaling |
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| Dec.21 |
Southern France |
French chateau sale ends in tragedy
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| Dec.5 |
USA |
US fast-food workers in strike |
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| Nov.27 |
Los Angeles |
Sriracha hot sauce factory production partially halted |
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| Nov.7 |
Washington |
US moves to ban trans fats in foods
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| Aug.4 |
China |
China bans NZ dairy imports in scare
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| Feb.18 |
 Italy |
Nestle finds horsemeat in beef meals Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from shelves in Italy and Spain after tests revealed traces of horse ...
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| Feb.14 |
Pittsburgh |
Warren Buffett in $28bn Heinz deal
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| Feb.13 |
European Union |
EU urges DNA tests of processed beef
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| Feb.10 |
France |
Horsemeat scandal widens across EU
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| Feb.9 |
 United Kingdom |
Horsemeat scandal spreads A frozen food producer caught up in a scandal over horsemeat found in beef products i said it will sue the Romanian producer
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| Aug.9 |
 UN |
Concern over sharp rise in food prices Global food prices sharply rebounded in July due to wild swings in weather conditions, a UN food and agricultural body has said
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| Sep.28 |
 Colorado |
Tainted US melons kill up to 16 At least 13 deaths and 72 illnesses have been linked to a listeriosis outbreak from fruit in the US state of Colorado
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| Jul.12 |
Antarctica |
Japan 'to continue' Antarctic whaling
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| Jun.5 |
 Hamburg |
E. coli 'linked' to German farm A farm in northern Germany has been identified as the most likely source of many of the infections in the outbreak
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Germany |
Beansprouts 'likely E.coli cause' Locally grown beansprouts are suspected to be the source of an E.coli outbreak that has left at least 21 people dead
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| Mar.20 |
Northern Japan |
Food products limited from nuclear area Map of Fukushima Japan| Japan slapped restrictions on some food produced in two provinces around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant | |
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| Feb.17 |
Antarctica |
Japan to bring whaling boats home Japan has stopped its annual Antarctic whale hunt before the end of the season; harassment by US activists had made it impossible
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| Jan.6 |
West Germany |
Dioxin scare shuts German farms
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| Nov.16 |
North Korea |
N Korea facing hunger due to grain deficit
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| Aug.14 |
Russia |
Russia ban on grain export begins Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports until the end of the year, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops
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| Aug.5 |
Moscow |
Russia to impose grain export ban
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| Mar.9 |
China |
China may ban eating dogs, cats
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| Oct.12 |
UN |
Food production 'must rise 70%' |
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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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| 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.25 |
China |
China stops tainted sweet sales |
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| Sep.18 |
China |
Tests find liquid milk tainted
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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
| 1,300 infants are hospitalized with illnesses including malnutrition, kidney stones and acute renal failure
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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
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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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Global |
World Bank pledges $1.2 billion for food
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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| Dec.28 |
Washington |
US body backs sale of cloned food
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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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