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| Apr.10 |
 China |
Bird flu fears hit KFC China profits The parent company of KFC said sales had fallen in China because of concerns over a new bird flu outbreak
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| Apr.6 |
 Sweden |
Ikea elk lasagne 'contained pork' Ikea has confirmed it has withdrawn nearly 18,000 of its elk meat lasagnes from sale in Europe after they were found to contain pork
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| Mar.27 |
 Madagascar |
Madagascar hit by plague of locusts A severe plague of locusts has infested about half of Madagascar, threatening crops and raising concerns about food shortages
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| Mar.15 |
New Zealand |
NZ hit by worst drought in 30 years
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| Mar.11 |
New York |
New York City large-soda ban blocked
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| Feb.26 |
Pennsylvania |
Drinkers sue over 'watered-down' Bud
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| Feb.25 |
Czech Republic |
Horsemeat found in Ikea meatballs
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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 DNA | |
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France |
France eases 'horsemeat firm' ban
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| Feb.14 |
France |
French firm 'mislabelled horsemeat'
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 Pittsburgh |
Warren Buffett in $28bn Heinz deal Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway company and private equity firm 3G have agreed to take over the food company, famous for its ketchup
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| Feb.13 |
European Union |
EU urges DNA tests of processed beef 
The EU is urging members to conduct random tests to tackle a widening scandal over mislabelled horsemeat
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| Feb.10 |
 France |
Horsemeat scandal widens across EU French consumer, agriculture and food ministers are to hold crisis talks with key players in the meat industry as the horsemeat scandal wide...
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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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| Aug.2 |
North Korea |
UN: North Korea 'seeks food aid'
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| Jun.29 |
Switzerland |
Nestlé advances child labor battle plan
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| Jun.14 |
Myanmar |
Coca-Cola announces Burma return
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| Feb.14 |
India |
Food prices 'hit poor families' |
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| Jan.6 |
Australia |
Meal with deadly mushrooms kills 2 |
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| Dec.2 |
South Africa |
Chicken chain axes Mugabe 'dictator' ad |
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| Nov.18 |
Northern Japan |
New radiation scare for rice in Japan |
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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.19 |
Japan |
Japan bans beef shipment from Fukushima |
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| Jul.12 |
Antarctica |
Japan 'to continue' Antarctic whaling
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Radioactive meat circulating on market |
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| Jun.8 |
Eastern Germany |
Tons of fresh produce trashed in Germany |
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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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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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| May.30 |
Global |
Food prices 'will double by 2030' |
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| Apr.12 |
Japan |
Japan PM seeks to calm food fears |
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| Mar.22 |
Northern Japan |
Japan sets new nuclear food ban |
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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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| Mar.19 |
Northern Japan |
Food from farms near plant radioactive |
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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
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| Dec.31 |
China |
Milk scandal executives on trial
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| Dec.27 |
Beijing |
China dairies to compensate victims
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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
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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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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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