Eggs will cost more if prices are floated now, says minister

Eggs-cellent picks: A worker preparing eggs for distribution near Jalan Raja Bot wet market. The government has postponed plans to float the price of eggs although subsidies on chicken have ben removed. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: Egg prices could increase by RM3 per tray if prices are allowed to float now, says the Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister.

Datuk Chan Foong Hin said this was why the government decided to postpone the move to allow egg prices to float.