Food agency warns of 'hellstorm on earth' after Ukraine ban

The agency said in a statement that frozen chicken options are available to mitigate the shortfall, although there may be temporary disruptions to the supply of chilled chicken. We advise consumers to buy only what they need. When you take 400 million people fed by the food that comes from Ukraine and you shut that off, you're looking at a hellstorm on earth, he said.

Palm oil prices went up recently after Indonesia stopped exports for three weeks to bring down local prices of cooking oil, which is the top producer of the ingredient used in everything from processed food to soap. The ban was lifted on Monday.

She said that more and more countries will follow suit, as well as the food price inflation, because of the previous experience of the 2007 -- 2008 food crisis.