Chicken ceiling price, egg subsidies to remain, limited chicken export to begin in October


KUALA LUMPUR: The ceiling price of RM9.40 per kilogramme for local whole fresh chicken will not be raised after Wednesday (Aug 31) while the three sen subsidy for eggs will remain, says Jihad Against Inflation Special Task Force chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

He said the Cabinet also agreed that only certain farms rearing chickens specifically for export can begin exporting after getting approval from the Agriculture and Food Industries Ministry (MAFI) in October.

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