The World : Bad Food Charge Denied
An Ethiopian relief official’s charge that the United States was sending spoiled food to Ethiopia was denied by M. Peter McPherson, head of the Agency for International Development. Berhane Deressa said in an interview Friday that American corn scheduled for shipment to Ethiopia was part of about 40,000 tons of food declared unfit for human consumption and had been rejected by Kenya. McPherson said the corn was certified as fit by the United States and a European agency and was ordered sent to Ethiopia because of greater need there.
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