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UN food official: Donor flexibility is vital to crisis response - 26 April 2013 - Interview

The World Food Programme is UN’s front-line agency in disaster and conflict areas. Its new director in the Horn of Africa, Valerie Guarnieri, says the European Union’s recent crisis response in sub-Saharan Africa should set a new standard for financing humanitarian action.

Swift move by EU helped ease nutrition crisis, UN official says - 26 April 2013 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / Faced with a worsening drought and food crisis in Africa’s Sahel region last year, the United Nations got a sudden infusion of EU cash to provide nutritional help to 1.5 million pregnant women and children.

US plan for EU-style food aid policy seen as boost for farmers, nutrition - 25 April 2013 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / The Obama administration is proposing a major overhaul of food aid that would for the first time put America’s overseas policy in line with European practices of providing cash and other alternatives to bulk shipments.

Poorer nations face an unwanted European import: obesity - 24 April 2013 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / Developing nations that are struggling with food supply uncertainty and malnutrition increasingly face a health challenge that is all too well known in Europe: obesity.

Rising costs pose challenge for poor nations’ vaccinations - 23 April 2013 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / Rising drug costs and supply uncertainty threaten efforts to achieve universal immunisation after decades of steady progress in vaccinating African infants against crippling and deadly diseases, health workers say.

A golden opportunity to combat global malnutrition - 22 April 2013 - Opinion

On the threshold of several prominent international meetings, there is no better time than this to boost resources for nutrition and to work together to tackle both the causes and symptoms of child malnutrition and stunting, writes British MP Stephen O’Brien.

EU plans new approach to tackle ‘worst form of poverty’ - 22 April 2013 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / The European Commission is calling for a more robust emphasis on the long-term nutritional needs of infants and mothers to address malnourishment, a leading cause of death in impoverished nations, a year after European auditors criticised the EU’s response to food insecurity in developing countries.

Piebalgs: Development champions should speak up - 19 March 2013 - Interview

Development aid contributes to economic success in both developing countries and in Europe, Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs tells EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

Lawmakers pave way for 222 food health claims - 22 March 2012 - News

MEPs have upheld plans to create a fixed number of standardised nutritional claims on food and beverages, paving the way for 222 claims such as "low fat" or "reduced cholesterol" to be carried on food packaging.

Parliament pushes to slash food waste in Europe - 19 January 2012 - News

The European Parliament wants to cut food waste in half, warning that fresh and packaged foods tossed out every day pose a threat to Europe’s environment and efforts to reduce global poverty.

Commission to abolish notion of 'diet' foods - 24 June 2011 - News

Food companies may no longer be able to register normal food products as "dietetic" as the European Commission is proposing to abolish the concept from EU legislation altogether.

EU food labelling rules under attack - 18 January 2011 - News

Long-awaited EU legislation aimed at informing consumers about the nutritional content of foods may be sidelined, consumer groups have warned, leading to potentially misleading information.

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