The FAO Food Price Index climbed 6 per cent in July 2012 after three months of decline

Global food prices have dropped sharply in May, the lowest since September 2011, owing to increased supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and a strengthening of the US dollar, according to FAO’s latest report 

China has released its 12th five-year food safety plan in an effort to upgrade its food safety regulations and revamp industry standards

The US Grains Council recently joined with the US embassy in Japan to present a new study, Food 2040, at a major public briefing in Tokyo jointly sponsored by the embassy and Keidanren, a major Japanese business federation

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has registered the first drop in global food prices in April after months of increases