Meat price surge fuels fears of food inflation

Global meat prices have hit a 20-year high as robust demand from emerging countries has coincided with a drop in production by exporters such as the US and Australia, fuelling concerns about rising food inflation.

 

By Jack Farchy in London and Gregory Meyer in New York

 

Published: September 1 2010 23:07 | Last updated: September 1 2010 23:08

 

Source: Financial Times

 

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9f7e874-b600-11df-a048-00144feabdc0.html