The cost of chicken is likely to continue to increase in the coming days.
The warning from the Pakistan Poultry Association follows a statement by Federal Food Security Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema said “he would not eat chicken raised on “muzr-e-sehat” feed. No, Pakistan has announced that it will only import inclusion-free oilseeds ‘GMO’ from now on”.
In this era of economic crisis and inflation, the price of chicken in Pakistan, like other food items, had already risen sharply, but in the past two weeks, the price of chicken has increased from 1.5 times to 200 rupees per kilo.Though there is a slight difference in the prices of every place and every city because the price of chicken varies by one rupee after every 15 to 20 rupees. At the same time, concerns about further price increases have been expressed.
A businessman linked to the poultry sector says “the biggest crisis right now is not the chicken, but its feed, and the supply of chicken in the market is declining”.
Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema said “GMO soybeans were not included in poultry feed before 2015.The poultry mafia imposed a tax on local soybeans, making imported soybeans cheaper and local soybeans more expensive.”
According to him, “the purchase of GMOs is not allowed by regulation” and Pakistan has also signed an international agreement on the matter.
According to the federal minister, poultry producers have started buying domestic feed since his statement.
According to the owner of poultry farm,” Pakistan itself could produce this feed if the government did better research, but it would require resources”.
