Brussels, 05/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - According to recent calculations made by the services of European Agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel, the recorded rise in the prices of the main agricultural foodstuffs in February 2008 compared with the same month in 2007 should have been of the order of an average of a 5% prince increase to the consumer. In fact, prices rose by 7%. This difference may be explained by the role played by major retailers in the surge in food prices in the EU...