February 3, 2021
For the president of the United Broiler Raisers Association, Bong Inciong, the government, the pig farmers, and the poultry farmers do not seem to understand each other.
He said it is clear that the implementation of the price ceiling is a shortage of chicken and pork supply, but the DA insists that there is an oversupply of chicken.
“The stakeholders apparently exist in a different dimension… on planet earth, and the [DA] in the Marvel Comics Universe,” said Inciong.
“We must be able to increase the supply, help the consumer, without discouraging production,” he added.
For the president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers Chester Tan, the raw materials they use have no suggested retail price (SRP) or no price ceiling.