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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The government has been looking at the possibility of terrorists targeting food destined for school cafeterias, a federal food safety official said Monday. “The school lunch program is particularly vulnerable,” said Carol Maczka, an administrator within the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety Inspection Service (search). Maczka, speaking …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration, seeking to tap into one of the world’s fastest-growing food industries, is proposing to allow fish farming up to 200 miles off the nation’s coasts. Citing pilot projects off New Hampshire, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, the administration said Tuesday it was sending a bill to …

The U.N. Oil-for-Food program is being investigated for lack of oversight and severe mismanagement, among other claims. Here is a quick look at what the program is and various elements of the ongoing investigation. 1.What was the Oil-for-Food program? After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the U.N. Security Council imposed …