KOTA KINABALU – The supply of chicken in Sabah is sufficient ahead of the Kaamatan festival, which will be celebrated from tomorrow until May 31, said Sabah Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry director Georgie Abas.
He said there was no need for panic buying as an inspection found that supply of chicken meat was still available at major markets, supermarkets, and grocery stores.
“In Sabah, there are 19 major broiler farmers who can produce three million chickens a month and who on average can produce an estimated 100,000 chickens a day, while the supply of chickens sent to major supermarkets is between 100 to 300 chickens a day,” he said in a statement here today.
Georgie said that inspections and monitoring of the supply of poultry and other basic necessities had been carried out, to ensure that supply was not interrupted and were sold at reasonable prices.
He said that chicken wings were also listed as price-controlled items under the Kaamatan festival Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme, effective May 27 to June 2.
He said that the determination of the maximum price for chicken and chicken eggs, which was implemented on February 5 and will end on June 5, also recorded a total of 58 cases as of yesterday for not complying with the scheme.
According to him, the total value of the seizures for the 58 cases involved was RM11,949.01, and all the cases were compounded, with the total value of the compound of RM9,200.
Georgie said that legal action would be taken under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 if a trader was found to have increased the price of goods for excessive profits.
Consumers with any information regarding the misconduct of traders can report to the ministry with complete information through several channels.
Among the channels are via WhatsApp at 019-279-4317 or 019-848-8000, e-aduan.kpdnhep.gov.my, call centre (1-800-886-800), [email protected], Ez KPDNHEP ADU and Enforcement Command Centre at 03-88820-6088/6245, he said. – Bernama, May 29, 2022
