Uganda benefiting from world food crisis: president (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Uganda is benefiting from the current hike in world food prices because it is a net producer of goods like bananas, its President Yoweri Museveni said here Tuesday.
Uganda is benefiting from the current hike in world food prices because it is a net producer of goods like bananas, its President Yoweri Museveni said here Tuesday.
The Group of Eight industrialized nations will focus on ways to increase the supply of food and energy to curb surging prices at this week’s meeting in Japan, a top US official said Tuesday.
Opponents of a program that pays grocery stores to handle food stamp debit cards took their case to a legislative committee Monday.
Some Democratic lawmakers pushed Tuesday for a ban on a chemical used in water bottles, canned food and other household items, despite mixed opinions from government experts about the substance’s possible risks.
Price increases, smaller portions, and supply shortages aren’t dulling the appetites of many affluent Europeans. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.
The Bush administration is asking Congress for an increase of $275 million above its current budget request to enhance federal food safety programs, U.S. Health Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Monday.
In a year when global harvests need to be excellent to ease the threat of pervasive food shortages, evidence is mounting that crops will be average at best. Some farmers are fearing disaster.
June 10 (Bloomberg) — The Bush administration increased its budget request for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by $275 million after the agency’s commissioner told Congress that more funding was needed to protect against unsafe products.
Americans are changing how they shop to combat high food prices. iReporters say they’re planning trips to the grocery store with military precision — arming themselves with coupons and making sure they’re in the right shoppers’ clubs to get the best deals.
Days after announcing a large-scale recall of raw tomatoes, the Bush administration has asked Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration an additional $275 million in next year’s budget.
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Jun | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||