Indonesia: BPN readies frozen meat as price of fresh meat soars
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Indonesia
Published Apr 28, 2022
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We have been assigned to provide 20 thousand metric tons of Brazilian beef during 2022 by the government. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Food Agency (BPN) has prepared frozen cow and buffalo meat priced at Rp80 thousand–Rp95 thousand (US$5.52–US$6.56) per kilogram amid a surge in fresh meat prices ahead of Eid al-Fitr. "Thus, people can have various choices and alternatives to buying meat," head of the agency, Arief Prasetyo Adi, said in a statement released here on Wednesday.
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We have been assigned to provide 20 thousand metric tons of Brazilian beef during 2022 by the government. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Food Agency (BPN) has prepared frozen cow and buffalo meat priced at Rp80 thousand–Rp95 thousand (US$5.52–US$6.56) per kilogram amid a surge in fresh meat prices ahead of Eid al-Fitr. "Thus, people can have various choices and alternatives to buying meat," head of the agency, Arief Prasetyo Adi, said in a statement released here on Wednesday. The price of fresh beef is currently in the range of Rp115 thousand to Rp150 thousand (US$7.94-US$10.36) per kilogram, he noted. The BPN had ensured the availability of meat and the stability of its price ahead of the 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday period by inspecting several meat markets in Jakarta along with the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry and PT Berdikari (Persero) -- a part of the state-run food holding ID FOOD. The agency head said that direct monitoring of meat prices should be ...
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