Imported eggs help alleviate local shortage in Malaysia

Published 2023년 1월 18일

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Malaysia's egg shortage has significantly improved, with the country experiencing a reduction from a shortage of 157 million eggs in November to one million in December 2022. This improvement is attributed to the temporary approval by the government to import chicken eggs from foreign countries. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security also allowed the import of chicken eggs from India by air on a trial basis. However, the minister noted that a ban on egg exports cannot be implemented due to the increased import of chicken feed and extended price controls, which have negatively affected local egg producers.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The shortage of eggs in Malaysia was reduced to one million in December last year, Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu said on Tuesday (Jan 17), following the import of the product from foreign countries. This is compared to the shortage of 157 million eggs in November and 118 million eggs the month before. Mr Mohamad said that the reduced shortfall was because the government had temporarily allowed the import of chicken eggs from foreign countries to help reduce the shortage faced by the country for the past few months. “I reported for duty at MAFS (Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security) on Dec 5. After getting a briefing on the latest situation in egg supply, the top management of MAFS and I met several major egg producers to seek the best ways to restore supply. “The data I obtained from the Veterinary Services Department showed a critical shortage of eggs in October and November 2022. Alhamdulillah (Praise be to God), now the supply of chicken ...

Source: Channelnewsasia