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April 6, 2013 15:33
In the wake of climate change, water and food security have become important issues and that Pakistan is facing water variability. This was stated here on Tuesday by an activist of a non-government organisation (NGO) Hisaar Foundation, Amina Siddiqui.

Global food prices declines as lower demand for cereals and improved supplies pushed prices down

April 6, 2013 13:02
Global food prices have declined in recent months as lower demand for cereals and improved supplies pushed prices down, the World Bank said yesterday, warning that prices were still near record peaks and volatile. The World Bank's Food Price Index showed international prices of wheat fell by 11 percent, sugar by 10 percent and maize, or corn, by 6 percent during the four-month period between October 2012 and February 2013. The poverty-fighting institution said lower demand from a sharp fall in the use of wheat feed and declines in corn consumption for ethanol in the United Sta

NYC fast-food workers strike for higher pay

April 5, 2013 13:48
At least 400 fast-food workers here walked off their jobs Thursday as part of a citywide protest to demand better pay, APA reports quoting AP.Employees from popular chain restaurants including McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s participated in what was a rolling protest throughout the day to call attention to the plight of low-paid fast-food workers.The walkout was organized by Fast Food Forward, a coalition backed by labor, religious and community groups. It was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the assassination of the Rev.

substandard food-punishment

March 27, 2013 04:15
SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Those caught producing and distributing adulterated food could face a minimum of three years in prison as part of the government's effort to root out problems caused by substandard food that threatens public safety, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said Wednesday. It is one of the comprehensive countermeasures the government devised to guarantee the safety of foodstuff in line with President Park Geun-hye's pledge to eradicate the country's four major "social ills" of school and sexual violence, home-wrecking crime and substandard food.

Urgent food aid to G.Bissau stalled due to lacking funds: UN

March 26, 2013 07:16
The United Nations said Tuesday that it had been forced to delay desperately-needed food aid to nearly 300,000 people in Guinea Bissau since it so far had received no donations to support the operation. "The assistance was due to start on March 1, 2013, but operations are stalled because, so far, (we have) not received any donor support for the operation," Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN's World Food Programme, told reporters in Geneva.

Egypt increases duties on food imports, luxury goods - media

March 24, 2013 19:15
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt, struggling with economic and political turmoil, is increasing custom duties for expensive food items such as shrimps as well as luxury consumer products, local media said on Sunday. The country has dwindling dollar reserves and a weakening currency, which is driving up the cost of food - a sensitive issue in Egypt where inflation has sparked unrest in the past.

Millions of N. Koreans depend on food aid: UN

March 16, 2013 01:30
Millions of people remain dependent on external food aid in North Korea where nearly 28 percent of children under five are stunted from malnutrition, a UN official has said. Desiree Jongsma, UN resident coordinator in North Korea, said two thirds of its 24 million population were chronically food insecure although timely imports had contributed to avoiding a crisis this year. "Although the overall humanitarian situation has improved slightly over the last 12 months, the structural causes of people's vulnerability persist", she said Friday.

Shanghai finds another 800 dead pigs in river

March 15, 2013 10:30
Shanghai fished another 809 dead pigs out of its main waterway on Friday, bringing the total carcasses found this week to 8,300 in a scandal that has spotlighted China's troubles with food safety. The swine effluent discovered flowing down the Huangpu river -- which supplies a fifth of the commercial hub's drinking water -- has added the country's most popular meat to a growing list of food items rocked by scandal. "As of 3:00 pm today, another 809 floating dead pigs have been fished out," Shanghai authorities said on their Weibo account, a service similar to Twitter.

Norway agency to file complaint over pork in halal food

March 15, 2013 06:45
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority said Friday it would file a police complaint against a food company after finding large quantities of pork in its halal-labeled products. Kebab meat sold by Norwegian group Kuraas to restaurants contained between five and 30 percent pork even though it was marked as halal, the agency found. "We will file a complaint against the producer," Catherine Signe Svinland, an adviser at the food safety watchdog, told AFP.

UPDATE 1-US Republicans seek farm subsidy cuts, mull food stamps to cash

March 12, 2013 13:01
By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday proposed $31 billion in farm subsidy cuts and the conversion of food stamps into a cash benefit program, as a way to help balance the federal budget in 10 years.
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