(ROME) Italy's government is on full alert following a national problem: skyrocketing Pasta prices. Italy's Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, chaired an emergency meeting on Thursday, convening government officials, trade and consumer association representatives and distributors, for crisis talks to discuss soaring pasta costs, which have seen the Italian staple rise
Edoardo Fornaciari/Getty Images(ROME) Italy s government is on full alert following a national problem: skyrocketing Pasta prices.
Italy s Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, chaired an emergency meeting on Thursday, convening government officials, trade and consumer association representatives and distributors, for crisis talks to discuss soaring pasta costs, which have seen the Italian staple rise by more than double the rate of inflation, according to data from the European Central Bank.
The Rapid Price Alert Commission met for the first time since its establishment in March in Rome s Palazzo Piacentini on Thursday, according to Italian outlet ANSA.
The price of pasta rose for two consecutive months, by 17.5% in March followed by a 16.5% rise in April – when compared to the same periods a year earlier, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics.
This is despite the falling price of durum wheat, which has dropped by 30%, according to officia
Edoardo Fornaciari/Getty Images(ROME) Italy s government is on full alert following a national problem: skyrocketing Pasta prices.
Italy s Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, chaired an emergency meeting on Thursday, convening government officials, trade and consumer association representatives and distributors, for crisis talks to discuss soaring pasta costs, which have seen the Italian staple rise by more than double the rate of inflation, according to data from the European Central Bank.
The Rapid Price Alert Commission met for the first time since its establishment in March in Rome s Palazzo Piacentini on Thursday, according to Italian outlet ANSA.
The price of pasta rose for two consecutive months, by 17.5% in March followed by a 16.5% rise in April – when compared to the same periods a year earlier, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics.
This is despite the falling price of durum wheat, which has dropped by 30%, according to officia