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BRICs and beyond: Egypt crisis sparks food supply jitters in Europe
4 February 2011
The Egyptian political crisis could hardly have happened at a worse time for the European food industry, struggling to contain the recent significant increases in commodity prices.
ITALY: Rome unveils Parmesan bailout
15 December 2008
The Italian government has announced that it will buy 100,000 Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses and 100,000 Grana Padano cheeses in an attempt to help producers who are struggling with rising costs and falling demand.
CHINA: Italy bemoans trade restrictions
21 April 2008
Italy is still suffering at the hands of Chinese import restrictions despite Beijing’s decision to lift the ban on the sale of Italian mozzarella, the country’s food industry has claimed.
ITALY: Italy moves to quell mozzarella crisis
26 March 2008
The Italian government has moved to quell fears that buffalo mozzarella is not safe to eat.
ITALY: Olive oil farm raids in “fraud probe”
7 March 2008
Some 23 people were arrested in raids across Italy yesterday (6 March), and 85 farms and 23 oil processing plants seized, in an operation that exposed the scale of trade in fraudulent olive oil, local reports said.
ITALY: Union calls for end to pasta price hikes
15 November 2007
There should be no more increases in the price of bread or pasta in Italy after wheat prices fell 10% in October, according to a farmers’ union.
