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Chicken items added to price control list

A vendor prepares chicken meat for customers at Ying Charoen Market in Bangkok. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

The cabinet on Monday greenlighted a proposal to include chickens and chicken meat on the state price control list and tougher measures for chicken raisers, slaughterhouses and feed meal factories.

Deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said the inclusion of chickens and chicken meat, which are considered significant protein for the overall consumers, on the state price control list is aimed to alleviate people’s hardship from soaring food prices.

The price control list mainly covers essential items for daily use such as food, consumer products, agricultural products (fertilisers, pesticides, animal feed, tractors and rice harvesters), construction materials, paper, petroleum and…

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