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WIC Food Package: History of the Sugar Cap

This report provides a historic review of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food package and the controversy over the sugar cap on cereals allowed in the program.

Date: October 25, 1999

Creator: Porter, Donna V.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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U.S.-European Agricultural Trade: Food Safety and Biotechnology Issues

The European Union (EU) is the second largest market for U.S. agricultural exports. The EU's ban on meat produced using growth-promoting hormones is a food safety issue that has been particularly contentious in U.S.-EU agricultural trade relations. EU policy on bio-engineered products has also been an issue. A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has ruled that the ban contravenes the EU's international obligations under the WTO, but left open the option to the EU to conduct a risk… more

Date: October 21, 1998

Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.