Sentences with phrase «food import program»

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.

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While China's tariffs primarily punish American foods, new American restrictions on Chinese imports are expected to focus on the technology sector, and specifically on goods in which the Chinese government has expressed a strategic interest through its «Made in China 2025» program.

When cheap imports dropped the bottom out of that industry I picked up a fast - food manager training program, and three years later wound up in college where I did very well (including, of all things, enjoying learning about Shakespeare and Henry Clay!)

Several other CFIA programs and procedures have been eliminated or diminished as a way of reducing spending, including the pre-market approval of meat labels, the verification of nutrition claims on food labels and the monitoring of meat imports.

Supporters say the buy - local program keeps Alaska money in state, gives kids healthier choices than heat - to - eat processed meals, and helps create food security for a state that imports nearly all its groceries.

On the policy front, Atkin believes his research pertains to three types of programs: food aid, lowering tariffs to encourage imports, and new food - growing policies.

The state's canned peach industry is behind a proposed law, «American Food for American Schools Act,» in Congress that would tighten the rules for buying imported food for the federal school lunch program and increase public awarenFood for American Schools Act,» in Congress that would tighten the rules for buying imported food for the federal school lunch program and increase public awarenfood for the federal school lunch program and increase public awareness.

It was during this period that Britain began importing a substantial amount of American television programs, as well as other features of American life, such as burger bars and other fast food outlets.

«It's Orwellian that the biggest target of the DEA's Eradication Program is actually not a drug but instead a plant useful for everything from food to clothing to even auto parts, which currently must be imported to supply a $ 270 million industry,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hemp.

I don't know much about the urban food growing programs in Havana, but I do know that Cuba is a low energy use society that is dependent on imported hydrocarbons.

According to 2012 data from the UN World Food Program 2012, Senegal is chronically vulnerable to natural disasters (particularly drought and flooding), its agricultural sector has declined over time, it imports about 46 % of its food requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years in many places, and it is vulnerable to food price spiFood Program 2012, Senegal is chronically vulnerable to natural disasters (particularly drought and flooding), its agricultural sector has declined over time, it imports about 46 % of its food requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years in many places, and it is vulnerable to food price spifood requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years in many places, and it is vulnerable to food price spifood price spikes.

He served as a judge for the Southern District of New York from 1994 through 2010, and presided over cases involving, for example, Megan's Law, the Million Youth March, Al Franken's use of the phrase «Fair and Balanced» in the title of a book, the Naked Cowboy, the Google Books settlement, the United Nations Oil for Food Program, an Afghan warlord charged with conspiring to import heroin, and the guilty plea and sentencing of financier Bernard L. Madoff.