2015 Event NASA is isolating a six-person team for a year within a small dome in Hawaii in order to simulate theoretical conditions of a Mars mission; the team will have no fresh air or fresh food, and a spacesuit must be worn when exiting the dome 2015 Event A SpaceX cargo rocket explodes shortly after launch; the unmanned vessel was carrying over two tons of food, provisions, supplies and equipment for the International Space Station 2015 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning artificial trans fats from all foods and beverages; the ban will go into effect in 2018 2015 Event H.J. Heinz Co and Kraft Foods Group Inc. will merge to form the third-largest global food company, Kraft Heinz Co.; the merger will be financed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital 2014 Event The U.N. World Food Program stops assistance to over 1.7 million Syrian refugees in the nations adjoining Syria; the program has provided over $800 million in aid but lacks funds to continue this support 2014 Event Fast food giant McDonald's announces that its third-quarter profit fell by 30 percent from the third quarter of last year; analysts attribute the trouble to greater competition and customer dissatisfaction with price increases 2014 Event Six people are arrested in Taiwan for selling contaminated lard products to restaurants, manufacturers and food suppliers; the 'lard' included discarded kitchen oil and leather manufacturing grease 2014 Event Iraqi troops and Shiite militia members, aided by U.S. air strikes, free the town of Amerli from Islamic State control; the rebel group seized the town two months ago, blocking access to food and supplies; rations were air-dropped after the victory 2014 Event Burger King Worldwide Inc. will purchase Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons Inc. and move its headquarters to Canada; Burger King will pay a little over $11 billion in U.S. dollars, and the merger will create the third-largest global fast food company 2014 Event A home-based colon cancer screening test by Exact Sciences Corp. has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; patients must receive a doctor's prescription in order to purchase the test 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes against Islamic State militants for situations in which the forces appear to threaten U.S. personnel; food drops were also carried out along the Syrian border to civilians trapped by the violence 2014 Event Multiple U.S. food chains in China drop meat supplier Shanghai Husi after reports that the company used expired meat and unsanitary processing conditions; companies include McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King and Starbucks 2014 Event Space station astronauts received an Easter Day delivery in the form of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spaceship filled with food, supplies, equipment and care packages; the space station delivery was the fourth for the commercial space technology company 2014 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves an electric nerve stimulating device for treatment of migraine headaches 2014 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to revise food labels by providing realistic serving sizes, emphasizing calories and sugar amounts, and breaking down fat listings into 'good' and 'bad' fats 2014 Event The U.S House of Representatives and Senate finalized a long-delayed farm bill designed to cut $19 billion in farm subsidies, and reduce the $8 billion spent on food stamps over the next ten years 2013 Event In London, the world's first bovine stem cells lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference; one food expert said it was 'close to meat, but not that juicy' 2013 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified cyclospora in salads made by Taylor Farms; the parasite caused illness in over 223 diners in Nebraska and Iowa 2013 Event The British Food Standards Agency reports a discovery in Lancashire of 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef 2013 Event Nestle removes its beef pasta meals from supermarkets in France, Spain and Italy after tests confirm the food giant has products contaminated with horsemeat 2013 Event Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets 2013 Event The Republic of Ireland's Food Safety Authority announces horse DNA was present in some beef burgers on sale in supermarkets in Ireland and in the UK 2012 Event Christmas food parcels are distributed in the Republic of Ireland; hundreds of people line up to receive them 2012 Event After last months extensive flooding, North Korea asks the United Nations for food aid 2012 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves of Truvada, the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection 2011 Event In Bangkok, Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is hospitalized with suspected food poisoning 2011 Event In efforts to avoid food shortages and political oppression, South Korea begins work on a new facility to house North Korean refugees 2011 Event Investigations by the ECDC and the European Food Safety Authority implicate fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt in the deadly E. coli outbreaks 2011 Event People's Republic of China officials warn that the the 2011 China floods will likely raise the price of food 2011 Event In Yafran, Libya, thousands risk potential death and starvation after Muammar Gaddafi's forces shut off water and block food supplies 2011 Event The United Nations releases a report stating world food prices are at the highest in 20 years 2011 Event The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that world food prices have reached a record high 2011 Event In an effort to suppress riots, the Algerian government cuts food prices and commits to punishing those responsible for the riots 2010 Event A food crisis in Niger causes Nigerians to flee across the border into Nigeria 2010 Event The World Food Programme reports that 4.3 million people suffer from hunger in Sudan, the number has quadrupled since 2009 2010 Event United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment to aid victims of the earthquake 2010 Event The World Food Programme announces it will suspend operations in Somalia due to increased instability in the region 2009 Death Norman Borlaug, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies 2004 Death William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92 2000 Death Craig Claiborne, food author, New York Times, dies at 79 1997 Death Laxmishankar Pathak, food retailer, dies at 62 1996 Death Julius Young, fast food entrepreneur, dies at 73 1995 Death Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85 1991 Event U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq 1983 Event Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1976 Event Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9 1975 Birthday Jamie Oliver, born in Clavering, England, known as 'The Naked Chef', check, media personality, television series include, 'Jamie's Ministry of Food' 1974 Birthday Fairuza Balk, The Craft, Gas Food Lodging 1970 Birthday Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food 1962 Event President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs 1961 Event Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies 1959 Event Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans 1958 Birthday Clark Brandon, New York City, actor, Fast Food 1955 Event Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois 1955 Birthday Michael Pollan, born in Long Island, New York, professor of journalism, U of C, Berkeley, author, columnist, activist, wrote, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma', 'The Botany of Desire', 'In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto' 1954 Event Food rationing ends in Britain 1950 Birthday Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate 1945 Event UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence 1945 Event 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1945 Event Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands 1945 Event Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) 1944 Event Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food 1943 Event Food rationing begins in U.S. 1942 Event Food 1st rationed in U.S. 1941 Birthday Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International 1939 Event Food stamps are 1st issued 1936 Birthday David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire 1930 Event Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food 1920 Birthday Craig Claiborne, food columnist, New York Times Cookbook 1918 Event Food riot in Amsterdam 1914 Birthday Norman Borlaug, born in Cresco, Iowa, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1912 Event World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy 1910 Birthday Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector 1906 Event Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted 1894 Birthday Lloyd A. Hall, born in Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry 1848 Event 1st pure food law enacted in U.S. 1825 Event Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans 1752 Birthday Nicolas Appert, inventor, food canning, bouillon tablet 1693 Event Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages
