PUTRAJAYA: The retail prices of standard chicken has started to show a downward trend in public markets and supermarkets from July 1 to 17, said the enforcement division of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.
In a statement, its enforcement director Datuk Iskandar Halim Sulaiman, said the trend was in line with the decline in live farm chicken prices in the second week of July, with the price trending between RM4.50 and RM5.40 per kg in the second week of July, down from the first week, which is around RM5.20 to RM6.10 per kg.