Singapore consumers and businesses brace for chicken ban

From today, Malaysia will ban the export of 3.6 million chickens a month to ease rising food costs and ensure adequate domestic supplies. About 34% of Singapore’s chicken imports were from Malaysia last year, with almost all imported as live chickens and slaughtered and chilled in the city-state.

SINGAPORE: Singapore businesses and consumers are rushing to figure out how to cope with Malaysia’s impending halt of some chicken exports.

From today, Malaysia will ban the export of 3.6 million chickens a month to ease rising food costs and ensure adequate domestic supplies.