He added that this crisis was not the responsibility of the Egyptian state and it is unfair to accuse the government of negligence, but it is a global crisis that affected Egypt. He revealed that prices of poultry inputs hiked by 60% since the beginning of the crisis. The sector used to import 500,000 tonnes of corn monthly, but the imports decreased to 250,000 tonnes for a while, then it began to increase again due to all the factors mentioned previously. 70/2009, which prohibits live poultry trading, and obliges producers to slaughter in slaughterhouses, because it will prevent and reduce diseases in a very large way, and works to organize this industry. In addition, it enhances state control over poultry and slaughterhouses, and provides stocks of frozen poultry.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 23, 2023 20:57 UTC