GEORGE TOWN – The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry said that the chicken egg supply has been restored by 70% and would be adequate to meet Penang customers’ demand, particularly during the Christmas celebrations.
The ministry’s Penang director S. Jegan said that wholesalers were able to supply all grades of eggs and only a few retailers were encountering shortages, based on daily monitoring by his staff.
Some retailers received supplies once a week, while some got them twice a week, he said during a walkabout session to monitor the implementation of the 2022 Christmas Celebration Maximum Price Scheme today.
He also advised consumers to use the Price Catcher app to compare prices of products more efficiently.
Meanwhile, Penang Commerce, Industry and Entrepreneur Development Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain said that six items had been gazetted under the price control scheme – imported mutton, tomatoes, green pepper, imported round cabbage (China and Indonesia), carrots and imported potatoes (China).
“The controlled price is RM37 a kg for imported boned mutton, RM5 a kg for tomato, RM14 a kg for green pepper, RM4 a kg for imported round cabbage, RM4.50 a kg for carrot and RM4 a kg for imported potato,” he said.
The price control list is in effect from December 23 to 27, he added. – Bernama, December 23, 2022
