Sentences with phrase «country food import»

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Food safety scandals in China have also made meat imports from countries like New Zealand and Australia more attractive.

WASHINGTON, April 19 - The United States and Colombia on Thursday cited new evidence of fraud in Venezuela's food import program for the needy, saying part of the funds often ended up in the hands of corrupt government officials after being funneled through businesses in nearby countries.

Disruptions in Venezuela's oil industry can have outsize impact on the country, as oil brings in about 95 % of its export revenue, which has been used to purchase imports like food and medicine as domestic production dries up.

Most countries that must import food, such as Japan, count on a deep, competitive world market to supply their needs.

As I later learned, imported food items are highly sought out by many consumers in developing countries, due to a reputation for quality.

The country has also increased tariffs on many imported U.S. food and agriculture goods, including fruit, nuts and pork.

The Venezuelan president has said the country will receive a $ 1 billion cash injection from the sale of its cryptocurrency named the PetroDollar (XPD) which allegeldy raised $ 5 billion dollars, $ 1.7 of which will be set aside for importing «food, medicine and industrial goods.»

Cheaper food imports may discourage local agriculture and make the poor countries dependent on the advanced countries for food.

How well I remember that day not long ago when I sat next to a self - described «missionary» to one of the poorest nations on earth who was complaining about the cost in that country of imported American breakfast cereal and other imported American food.

Some things may be more expensive in very poor countries (Such as imported food from the USA for purchase by expats — in one very poor country I know of, a box of imported breakfast cereal costs the equivalent of approximately three days wages for a local), but many things are less expensive.

In the Third World whole countries become mono - cultures oriented to export, depending for their food on imports from other countries specializing in other crops.

Almost half of all organic food sold in America currently tests positive for prohibited pesticides; three - quarters is IMPORTED from countries like China.

«We imported pieces of equipment and technology from the United Kingdom and other countries where they've been in the fresh prepared food manufacturing category for a significant period of time and have a lot of sophisticated techniques.»

The company also offers compliance services by ensuring that products comply with a country's import requirements including labeling, nutritional information, food safety standards and relevant certification.

«There are about 70 types of GMOs that our country is importing and is penetrating our food systems, without our knowledge or consent.

Russia has imposed a ban on food imports from the EU, the US and other western countries, in response to... Read More...

Dr Rob Davies, minister of Trade and Industry, said if imported products are found to be the origin of the outbreak, action will be taken to protect food safety in the country.

Our dedicated and highly skilled support team consisting of account managers, technicians and other operational staff can assist in the development of labels to comply with the Food Standards Code, including, if required importing country labelling requirements.

Food safety standards are applied to all chicken products produced in the United States and countries that import chicken products must also meet these federal standards.

Häusling estimated that more than half of organic products are imported into the EU, and it will be expanding its use of spot checks to monitor organic standards of food coming from countries where the EU has no bilateral trade agreement on the issue.

The main change that the CoOL Information Standard implements is that the great majority of imported packaged foods are mandated to have a statement of their country of origin delineated in a box, on the label.

For Australian consumers, the increase of food imports from countries facing severe contamination issues - such as China - creates a difficult choice between the superior and more expensive Australian product and the often much cheaper import.

Other industries such as the grain, horticulture or non-exporting animal product industries use the NRS on a voluntary basis in order to demonstrate compliance with state food safety obligations and / or importing country requirements.

Processes that only change the appearance of the imported ingredient (e.g. slicing imported vegetables) will not be enough to support a claim that the food was «made in» a particular country.

Food exporters face even more challenges, as products exceeding the aflatoxin level imposed by import countries can often be rejected, which can have a negative impact on the brand image.

In the wake of the health scare linked to the imported frozen berries from China, AUSVEG has led a chorus of calls pushing for improvements to Country of Origin Labelling, and for greater scrutiny to be applied to food imports into Australia.

She called for transparent country - of - origin labelling and more rigorous food testing for imported goods to meet national standards.

We focus on ruminant livestock since it has the highest emissions intensity across food sectors... While shifting consumption patterns in wealthy countries from imported to domestic livestock products reduces GHG emissions associated with international trade and transport activity, we find that these transport emissions reductions are swamped by changes in global emissions due to differences in GHG emissions intensities of production.

[Para 12] Given the particular role of infant formula and follow - on formula in the diet of infants, it is important to ensure that products exported to third countries provide food information in a language easily understood by parents and caregivers, in the absence of specific relevant provisions established by or agreed with the importing country.

Despite the safeguards it affords, they say, mothers in developing countries - the most vulnerable of mothers anywhere, the ones least able to afford formula milk, the ones whose babies most need the breast milk they could and should be getting for free - were being, and continue to be, targeted by corporate giants bent on carving out their share of a valuable market (Save the Children, which today publishes a report on the baby - milk industry, reckons that the total value of baby - milk and baby - food imports is worth almost # 16m a year in Bangladesh alone - but the potential, if more mothers were bottlefeeding, is a lot higher than that).

Today MEPs voted on the Provision of Food Information to Consumers which sets out rules on labelling for the food and drink industry in the EU; the Countryside Alliance — the leading voice of rural Britain — welcomes the vote to introduce mandatory country of origin on fresh meat, this will see an end to the unfair practice of labelling imported meat as «British&raqFood Information to Consumers which sets out rules on labelling for the food and drink industry in the EU; the Countryside Alliance — the leading voice of rural Britain — welcomes the vote to introduce mandatory country of origin on fresh meat, this will see an end to the unfair practice of labelling imported meat as «British&raqfood and drink industry in the EU; the Countryside Alliance — the leading voice of rural Britain — welcomes the vote to introduce mandatory country of origin on fresh meat, this will see an end to the unfair practice of labelling imported meat as «British».

Touching on the agricultural sector, Nana Akufo - Addo told the gathering that the programme for «Planting for Food and Jobs» launched in Goaso a month ago is the answer to the twin - problem of the migration of youth to city centres in search of non-existent jobs, as well as an end to the disgraceful spectacle of Ghana importing food stuffs from neighbouring countrFood and Jobs» launched in Goaso a month ago is the answer to the twin - problem of the migration of youth to city centres in search of non-existent jobs, as well as an end to the disgraceful spectacle of Ghana importing food stuffs from neighbouring countrfood stuffs from neighbouring countries.

«The fourth reason — When Kufuor was leaving office in 2008, the food import bill for our country was $ 600 million.

Last year, the food import bill of our country was $ 1.5 billion.

«In this context, it is left for Nigerians to then decide whether budgeting for constituency roads is more patriotic than budgeting to complete the Kano - Maiduguri Road that connects five states, the Lagos - Ibadan road that connects three states and helps to move food, imported goods and fuel across the country; or the 2nd Niger Bridge that connects the East and West geopolitical zones of at least 11 states together,» he said.

He noted that 35 percent of the country's foreign exchange earnings went into importing finished petroleum products while 20 percent of the foreign exchange earnings were into food importation.

Rising imports of fuel and food prices have eaten into real incomes, putting country at risk of volatile global economy

According to him, the large yearly fluctuations in the production of maize and rice witnessed and the sharp increase in the import of rice from 384,400 metric tonnes in 2009 to 645,000 metric tonnes in 2013 attested to deepening food insecurity in the country.

«If other countries use organochlorines and we [U.S] import food from them it can be contaminated,» Perry said.

«Lots of the pure discoveries we make have great import for food security and the challenges farmers in tropical countries face from insects and fungi that infect their crops,» he notes.

The novel analysis of FDA's 2002 - 2007 data on food import violations suggests that «the size of a country's economy appears to be a more important determinant of food safety than its wealth,» or GDP per capita, according to the study, «Import Security: Assessing the Risks of Imported Food.&rafood import violations suggests that «the size of a country's economy appears to be a more important determinant of food safety than its wealth,» or GDP per capita, according to the study, «Import Security: Assessing the Risks of Imported Food.&import violations suggests that «the size of a country's economy appears to be a more important determinant of food safety than its wealth,» or GDP per capita, according to the study, «Import Security: Assessing the Risks of Imported Food.&rafood safety than its wealth,» or GDP per capita, according to the study, «Import Security: Assessing the Risks of Imported Food.&Import Security: Assessing the Risks of Imported Food.&raFood.»

«Our results suggest that the risk level of imported food is higher for foods from low - GDP countries.

Food imported into the United States from countries with a low gross domestic product (GDP) poses higher risks than food from richer countries, according to a new study analyzing 10 years» worth of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on food import violatiFood imported into the United States from countries with a low gross domestic product (GDP) poses higher risks than food from richer countries, according to a new study analyzing 10 years» worth of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on food import violatifood from richer countries, according to a new study analyzing 10 years» worth of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on food import violatiFood and Drug Administration (FDA) data on food import violatifood import violations.

Competition from China for more imports would force other buyers, such as Egypt, to pay more for grains, in a new blow for the Middle East country after two years of political turmoil has left it struggling for funds to pay for food imports.

«We recognized that countries that imported food could be impacted by climate shocks in other parts of the world that suddenly increased prices, even if they weren't experiencing any significant weather impacts themselves,» Braumoeller said.

Thousands of ingredients used in countless food products are imported from foreign lands; penetration from overseas is so vast and complex that a single product might contain ingredients from multiple countries, a fact you would never discern from labeling on the food itself.

Countries that depend upon food imports and whose people spend one - third or more of their income on food are most vulnerable to increased global food prices, according to an analysis by Japanese investment firm Nomura.

The final two key points connect, and they are the dangers of imported foods coming into the U.S. from other countries and climate change causing problems within the U.S., driving some of the demand for imported foods.

Health officials from South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines are beginning to screen food imported from Japan for radiation, and several other Southeast Asian countries are expressing concern over the potential for contamination of soil and water that could affect food sources.

EL BATAN, Mexico (January 25, 2017)-- Scientists from two of the world's leading agricultural research institutes will embark on joint research to boost global food security, mitigate environmental damage from farming, and help to reduce food grain imports by developing countries.