Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
The U.S. is reaping its smallest corn harvest in three years after a drought damaged what was a record crop as recently as July, driving annual prices to an all-time high and curbing an expansion in global food supplies.
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
With salmonella-tainted ground turkey sickening more than 100 people and listeria-contaminated cantaloupes killing 15 this year, the ability to detect outbreaks of food-borne illness and determine their sources has become a top public health priority. A new approach, reported online Oct. 14 in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology by ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Thousands of ingredients that go into food have been classified as safe by private industry alone, without any U.S. government oversight, according to a new report published Wednesday.
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
China must continue efforts to control food and housing prices to ease soaring inflation and maintain economic development and social stability, Premier Wen Jiabao said.
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Communities in parts of Southeast Asia face “serious food shortages” after flooding devastated rice paddies and other crops since the start of September and aid deliveries are disrupted, the United Nations said.
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