MAYOR BENG Climaco has ordered a strict monitoring of meat prices in Zamboanga City to ensure the protection of consumers from inadequate supply and unreasonable price increase.
Climaco, who chairs the Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC), appealed to suppliers to sell their products at an affordable and acceptable price in a bid to ensure stable prices in the market.
The LPCC is continuously monitoring meat prices in the markets - from groceries to supermarkets and even flea markets – to ensure traders follow the prices of meat set by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Prices of chicken here went up to as high as P220 per kilo and pork as much as P290 a kilo due to the shortage of supply. Hog raisers said the African swine fever in different parts of the country was largely to blame for the shortage of meat.
Even the price of lechon or roasted pig is now pegged at P450 a kilo from only P360 in December.
Just recently, Climaco convened the LPCC to tackle immediate measures to address the high prices of meat products due to short supply. She has ordered the creation of a committee to study the possibility of implementing a price cap for chicken, pork and beef in local markets. (Zamboanga Post)
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