The Government Is Worried The Price Freefall Chicken Meat

Jakarta -the Government claims to be concerned about the price of chicken would go down drastically after Lebaran. Current production of chickens had very high especially toward Idul Fitri last year.

"What I worry about is the price of chicken, I think anjloknya up this chicken and egg Lebaran we kinda worry (worry)," said under Secretary of Commerce Bayu Krisnamurthi in his Office, Jl. Ridwan Rais, Jakarta, Saturday (24/8/12).

He spoke, the Government will make efforts to keep commodity prices is not down dramatically. Chicken prices soar before Lebaran day yesterday, which ranged in price of Rp 20,000-25,000 Usd.

"I think the Government is concerned to prevent drastic fall do not get," he added.

Steps to be taken to big entrepreneurs ask Government to control the price of Day Old Chick (DOC/chicks). "It is precisely what I want to do first is to temen-temen mainly big businessmen, to control the sale, it was the first one," he said.

Bayu requested that the chicken is not able to spawn again, no longer sold in the market. According to him, the kind of cock that is better suited to the CSR, and poor nutrition improvement.

"Chicken afkir don't fill the market, dipake for use in order to improve nutrition for CSR, the poor," he added.

He spoke with the two steps that the Government hopes to control the price of chicken meat to keep it too crashed after Lebaran. "But more than that, we have to make better planning. Chicken consumption we have over 2 billion per year, "tail pungkasnya.

(Jim/hen)