50% of meat consumption in Egypt is imported from Ukraine, Brazil, and Sudan

Mohamed Wahba, head of the Butchers Division at the Chamber of Commerce in Cairo, said that 50% of meat consumption in Egypt is imported, pointing out that calves are imported from Ukraine, Brazil and Sudan, so work is being done to develop livestock. Wahba added, during a telephone interview with the media, Ahmed Moussa, on the program “On My Responsibility” on Sada Al-Balad TV channel, that the price of a kilo of lamb and candos ranges from 150 to 180 pounds per kilo, and the large buffalo is 120 pounds per kilo. Read also wheat prices jump 7% to the highest level in 14 years On the seventh day of the Russia-Ukraine war Wehbe continued that the Ministry of Agriculture is entrusted with the development of livestock, explaining that there are some butchers who slaughter veal outside the slaughterhouse, in violation of the decision to prevent veal slaughter, stressing that stopping these wrong actions is the role of the General Authority for Veterinary Services and the Ministry of ...