Muhammad Shaalan
Saturday, February 25, 2023 08:36 PM
Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Sayed, head of the division confirmed poultry In the Chamber of Commerce, there is a current gap of 40% in the provision of poultry, and the Egyptian state is moving positively to bridge the food gap in poultry, explaining that the role of the state is to intervene and imported chicks are not as bad as rumored.
And Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Sayed explained, during an interview on the “Al-Hayat Al-Youm” program, with the media, Lubna Asal, on Al-Hayat channel, that poultry and any foodstuffs imported from abroad are subject to three samples when they enter the ports, and if they are proven to be correct, they go to the markets, stressing that there are strict conditions in the materials. Imported food to maintain the health of the Egyptian citizen.
He continued: “We take into account the local product, but we are in a current crisis regarding the provision of poultry in the market, and in 2006 due to bird flu there was a crisis and we imported chicks from abroad for a certain period, and we import to fill a gap until the poultry industry is in order.”