According to sources speaking to Reuters, the rations are spread across four warehouses in Houston, Djibouti, Durban, and Dubai and comprise cereals, pulses, and cooking oil.
The food, valued at $98 million, was intended for emergency distribution in hunger-stricken regions including Gaza, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Most of it will now end up in incinerators or as animal feed.
Nearly 500 tons of high-energy biscuits in Dubai are set to expire in July, one former USAID official told Reuters.
The Trump administration has cut more than 80 percent of USAID programs, and food awaiting distribution is now rotting in warehouses.
She is “hopeful” that a solution will be found soon to get her product to those who desperately need it.
Children in similarly strife-torn areas could starve as a result of USAID cuts. »