MELAKA: Chicken price at the retail level is expected to rise above RM10 per kg after the ceiling price scheme ends on June 30, said the Federation of Livestock Farmers’ Associations of Malaysia (FLFAM).
Its adviser Datuk Jeffrey Ng said chicken breeders have to bear additional operation costs, which are projected to increase the price of each kg of chicken supplied by the farms to RM7 from July 1.
He said the maximum chicken retail price set by the government at RM8.90 per kg is based on the current farm price of RM5.60, and breeders will have to shut their operations if the present cap is maintained without any subsidy from July 1.
“The farm price for chicken may increase to RM7 (per kg) without the subsidy and based on this situation, the price of chicken is anticipated to soar,” he said here yesterday.
Ng said FLFAM hopes a meeting could be arranged between them and stakeholders in the government to look into a win-win situation post July 1.
“We hope for a meeting so that a proper pricing mechanism is introduced, that no parties will incur losses due to increase in operations cost,” he added.
