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  2. Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Shortly after the amendment was ratified, Congress passed the Volstead Act to provide for the federal enforcement of Prohibition. The Volstead Act declared that liquor, wine and beer qualified as intoxicating liquors, and were therefore prohibited. Under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition began on January 17, 1920, one year ...

  3. Food Justice Movement - Wikipedia

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    The food sovereignty movement in the United States was inspired by the Belgium-based international La Via Campesina movement, and focuses on the right to produce food. This movement challenges current neoliberal approaches to solving food insecurity, and introduces a radical restructuring of the food system.

  4. Humanitarian daily ration - Wikipedia

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    Humanitarian daily rations (HDRs, "humrats") are food rations manufactured in the United States intended to be supplied to civilians and other non-military personnel in humanitarian crises. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each is intended to serve as a single person's full daily food supply, and contains somewhat over 2,200 calories (9,200 J).

  5. Right to food - Wikipedia

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    the 2003 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa or "Maputo Protocol" (Article 15); the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (Article 28). neither the European Convention on Human Rights nor the European Social Charter mentions a right to food. There are also such instruments in many national ...

  6. Right to food by country - Wikipedia

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    The right to food is enshrined in the constitution, Article 227 (Right to food for children and teenagers): "It is the duty of the family, of society, and of the State to ensure children and adolescents, with absolute priority, the right to life, health, food, education, leisure, professional training, culture, dignity, respect, freedom, and family and community life, in addition to ...

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  8. US bill to restrict WuXi AppTec, Chinese biotechs revised to ...

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    The latest Biosecure Act also adds WuXi Biologics to a list of biotech companies of concern, according to a copy seen by Reuters. The other companies on the list are BGI, MGI, Complete Genomics ...

  9. Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.