Winnipeg/Rome | Reuters — Italy has this week formally asked the European Commission to allow it to require country-of-origin labels on pasta sold there, raising alarms for Canadian durum wheat […] Read more

As Italy seeks pasta labels, Canada worries about durum sales

Italy’s pasta labeling plan raises Canadian concerns
Winnipeg/Rome | Reuters — Canada has raised concerns with Rome about Italy’s plan to require country-of-origin labels on pasta sold there, Canada’s agriculture minister said on Wednesday about a move […] Read more
World food prices fall in January, rally seen unlikely
Rome | Reuters — World food prices are unlikely to rise much from their four-year slump as long as high production, low oil prices and limited import demand continue, a […] Read more
World hunger easing but one in nine people undernourished, food agencies say
Rome | Reuters — The number of hungry people in the world has fallen sharply over the past decade but 805 million, or one in nine of the global population, […] Read more