An investigation has been opened into the supplier of a school feeding program in Peru after more than a dozen pupils fell sick earlier this year.
Prosecutors are following up allegations of bribery by a company that supplied food to schools, as part of the Qali Warma program, to avoid
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The risk of corruption exists at every stage of the food supply chain, according to an analysis by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The UNODC publication highlights some of the main potential risks along the supply chain and discusses how they could be mitigated. It also
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Roberto Adams, a 69-year-old retired USDA Lead Animal Health Technician, must pay a $40,000 fine and enter federal prison for five years. He acknowledged being guilty of accepting bribes as a public official from March 2019 to November 2021.
But Mexican cattle brokers, who paid those bribes, are likely in
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Moldovan authorities are investigating potential cases of corruption connected to the country’s food safety agency.
In late March, the National Anticorruption Center carried out searches at the Giurgiulești Border Inspection Post (BIP) of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA).
Eleven people were detained for 72 hours, suspected of having
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USDA Lead Animal Health Technician Roberto Adams has pleaded not guilty to the felony charge of bribery of a public official and demanded a jury trial.
A Grand Jury indictment accuses Adams of accepting bribes from March 2019 through November 2021 to allow tick-infested and diseased cattle to enter the
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