article_snippet.sent: The price of olive oil is expected to rocket as forestry officials in southern Italy yesterday began cutting down thousands of olive trees infected with a deadly bacteria.
article_snippet.sent: the region's olive oil production has so alarmed the EU that France announced a boycott of Puglian fruit and vegetables, while the region's olive oil production effect on production will mean shortages in the supply of olive oil and is likely to lead to higher prices for shoppers in Britain and around the world.
article_snippet.sent: Puglia, a region in the heel of Italy, produces about 11million tons of olives a year, more than a third of the national crop, and Puglia, a region in the heel of Italy are used to make some of the country's best oils.
article_snippet.sent: Source: Olive Oil Times .
highlights_snippet.sent: Its spread is expected to cause olive oil prices to rocket .