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Japan detects pesticide in frozen beans from China
Japan on Wednesday ordered retailers to pull frozen beans from China off the shelves after three people fell ill from eating a product which had 34,500 times the legal limit of pesticide, officials said.
Nations:China Japan Activities:China-Japan Trade Ties China Product Safety Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-10-15
Governors talk of moving beyond corn-based ethanol
PHILADELPHIA - Governors from the coal fields of West Virginia to the corn fields of Iowa talked Sunday at their summer meeting about moving beyond ethanol produced just from food sources.
Nations:U.S. People:Tim Pawlenty Rick Perry Source:(AP)
2008-07-13
EU seeks to ban most dangerous pesticides
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - EU agriculture ministers on Monday proposed stricter rules on the use of pesticides in Europe, including bans on those found to be carcinogenic or otherwise toxic to humans, though with some provisos.
Source:(AFP)
2008-06-24
Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy
NEW YORK - Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store.
Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-06-22
Why Oil Prices Skyrocketed
With the cost of crude oil surging to record highs, a heated battle of blame is in full swing, with a lineup of suspects that includes the oil industry, Congress, commodity speculators, environmentalists and developing countries in Asia.
Nations:India Sweden U.S. China Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-06-20
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