KLANG, Dec 23 — The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (MAFS) has guaranteed there will be a sufficient supply of raw chicken during festive seasons until next year.
Its minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said they are prepared to ensure a sufficient supply for the next two festive seasons, including Christmas (on Monday, December 25) and the Chinese New Year (in February 2024).
"During Christmas, there is less (demand). During the Chinese New Year and the Ramadan month, there is a need to ensure sufficient food supply.
"InsyaAllah, the supply of chicken will always be sufficient,” he said at a press conference after officiating the launch of the 2023 Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) National Convention today.
Meanwhile, when asked about the five poultry feed manufacturers hit with a penalty after being found guilty of forming a price-fixing cartel for poultry feed, Mohamad said the issue of price manipulation comes under the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry.
However, MAFS would always work closely in tackling food security problems to ensure issues of manipulation and food supply for the people's needs are handled in the best possible manner.
Yesterday, the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) said the five manufacturers infringed Section 4 (1) of the Competition Act 2010 (Act 712) by making a horizontal or vertical agreement between enterprises to significantly prevent, restrict, and distort competition in any market for goods or services.
They were also found guilty of conspiring to raise the price of poultry feed through various platforms, including linking communication records with the top management, meeting notes, and witness statements between January 2020 and June 2022.
— Bernama
