National Restaurant Association worried higher biofuel blending with impact food supplies

In Washington, the National Restaurant Association recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the proposed multi-year biofuel fuel volumes included in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program. The Association stressed the negative impact increasing biofuel volumes would have on the price and availability of vegetable oils for the food industry.

The association says the EPA’s current proposal puts the industry in harm’s way again by further increasing biofuel volumes in 2023 through 2025. With the need for renewable biofuels already high, the multi-year volumes proposed could further increase demand, upending the availability and price of cornerstones of the food industry, like soybean and vegetable oils, it says.