France Nutella price cut sparks fights in supermarkets across France "They fought like animals. A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady had a cardboard box put on her head, another had a bloody hand, it was terrible," a witness told French media. 26/01/2018
Venezuela Caracas stores mobbed as Maduro forces price cuts One major supermarket in the Venezuelan capital didn't open for hours. When it finally did, only crackers and washing liquid were discounted, just as millions cannot eat three proper meals a day. 07/01/2018
world news France ranks highest in Europe for food sustainability A national commitment to recycling saw France named Europe's 'global top performer' in the Food Sustainability Index 2017. 08/12/2017
Yemen First food and aid arrives in Yemen after almost three-week-long blockage A ship carrying some 5,500 tonnes of flour has docked in Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah. It's the first commercial ship to enter the port since a Saudi-led coaltion imposed an air, land and sea blockade in a bid to halt the flow of weapons into Yemen. 26/11/2017
France Supermarket shelves empty as French butter shortage hits Signs explaining shortage in shops an increasingly common sight 24/10/2017
New Zealand 'Chipocalypse' now as New Zealanders face up to a crisp crisis A winter of unprecedented rainfall has devastated the country's potato crop 17/10/2017
Netherlands Britain raises estimate of imported contaminated Dutch eggs to 700,000 from 21,000 Britain's Food Standards Agency radically revises number of imported contaminated Dutch eggs up to 700,000 10/08/2017
Belgium Belgium claims Dutch allowed sales of contaminated eggs for more than eight months Belgium claims the Dutch knew as far back as November last year of fipronil-contaminaed eggs, but allowed sales to continue. 09/08/2017
world news EU eggs contamination: concern over who knew what, when Millions of eggs have been taken off the shelves as a precaution after traces of the insecticide fipronil were found in Dutch eggs 06/08/2017
View View: Asian future farms How will Asia will cope with exploding food demand and the challenges of global warming in the coming years? 11/07/2017
United Kingdom Faecal bacteria 'in ice in Costa, Starbucks and Caffe Nero' Three of Britain’s biggest chains of coffee shops were found to have bacteria from faeces in their ice. According to an investigation by BBC’s 28/06/2017
View Lobster in the Time of Famine: view ‘How can we be eating lobster, when only 200 kilometres away, in the last 48 hours, 100 people died of starvation?’. 14/06/2017
world news UN refugee agency warns of mass starvation in Africa Immediate action is required to prevent a humanitarian crisis in at least four countries across Africa 12/04/2017
Yemen UN warns of looming famine in Yemen A senior humanitarian official is urging both sides in Yemen's civil war to allow more access to the country's ports to let much-needed food, fuel and medicines in. 01/03/2017
world news Eastern EU countries cry foul over "garbage can" food quality Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic join forces in critiquing food companies they accuse of selling inferior foods compared to richer EU nations 22/02/2017
South Sudan Famine rears its head in South Sudan Parts of the war-ravaged country have been hit by famine. Officials fear almost half the territory could be in a state of food insecurity by July. 20/02/2017
France 800,000 birds to be culled in France after bird flu outbreak The slaughter will affect farms in three departments in the South West of France, a region famed for its foie gras 05/01/2017
brussels bureau New EU drive aims to slash food waste The European Commission is launching a new drive to cut food waste in the bloc. 28/11/2016
Syria UN warning: food running out in besieged part of Aleppo An SOS has been sent out from the UN about food running out in eastern Aleppo in Syria. 10/11/2016
Venezuela Venezuelan opposition out manoeuvred by Maduro as shortages persist Venezuela, a country with the world's largest oil resources, is mired in a crippling economic crisis and tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are demanding fresh elections. 22/09/2016
Venezuela Venezuela seizes US factory after closure due to lack of raw materials Venezuela’s government has seized a factory belonging to Kimberly-Clark Corporation after the US personal care giant said it was halting production as it was unable to obtain raw… 12/07/2016
Venezuela Venezuelans rush into Colombia seeking food and medicine During a brief border opening tens of thousands of Venezuelans flooded into neighbouring Colombia to buy food and medicine not available in their economically troubled country. 11/07/2016
Venezuela Hundreds are arrested in Venezuela during food riots and looting Security forces in Venezuela have arrested at least 400 people after the latest bout of looting and food riots sweeping the country. 16/06/2016
brussels bureau MEPs call for restrictions on weed-killing substance MEPs have voted to renew the licence for glyphosate – a chemical widely used in popular weed-killing products – but only for an additional seven 13/04/2016
world news Who pays the most for their meat in Europe? Farmers have put the spotlight on meat prices in France over the past week by blockading roads and supermarkets and stopping imports at the 27/07/2015
USA Drought- suffering California in Nestle protest Protesters in Los Angeles have demanded the company Nestle stop its water bottling operations. California is suffering its fourth year of a serious 21/05/2015
