Industry and poultry breeders confirm the availability of poultry in the local market

Al-Anbat-Majdoleen Sarrar

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply and the Union of Poultry Breeders confirmed the availability of fresh poultry in the local market in sufficient quantities to meet the needs of consumers, while there is a natural demand for the purchase of poultry.

The ministry's media spokesman, Yanal al-Barmawi, said that the ministry received observations from some retail stores about the lack of supply of sufficient quantities of fresh poultry by suppliers, and they were contacted to increase quantities and ensure that there is no shortage in supply.

Hassan Abu Daqra, secretary of the Union of Poultry Breeders, said that fresh and locally produced poultry is available in the markets and in quantities exceeding consumption, stressing that companies and suppliers supply the quantities that consumers need daily.

He explained that the federation developed a plan in agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture before Ramadan so that the quantities of slaughter between 22-24 million birds during the holy month, which was achieved during the first half of Ramadan.

Abu Daqra pointed out that 200,000 birds are distributed to the poultry slaughtering place daily, as what was distributed from the beginning of the holy month reached 3 million birds.