[Ost-news] Pasta, Beer, Easter Eggs too Expensive because of Ethanol

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Meat, dairy and other food producers assail ethanol  
Congress about to decide whether to require sixfold hike in fuel output  
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.16.2007

WASHINGTON — Already this year, ethanol has been blamed for more expensive Easter eggs, dying shrimp along the Louisiana coastline and costlier milk in school lunches.

Germans curse biofuels for higher beer costs. In Italy, consumer advocates organized a pasta boycott last week, complaining that pasta prices have soared because farmers grow crops for fuel, not food.

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