They included 2,266 enforcement officers and over 1,000 price monitoring officers, he said. He said they had been conducting operations to ensure the public was not burdened by price hikes. “This affected chicken prices in the supply chain from the farm level to wholesalers, retailers and consumers. The ministry said it also implemented Ops Suri on Jan 1 to monitor price tagging and prevent profiteering, including from poultry, meat, fish and vegetable traders. He added the ministry had received 15 complaints related to chicken prices, 15 on fish prices, two on vegetables and one on meat prices since the start of Ramadan.

Source: The Star April 18, 2021 23:14 UTC