00:00The Department of Agriculture is now studying the implementation of the Maximum Suggested Retail Price for the price of pork.
00:07According to Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa,
00:10it has been announced that the pork will become MSRP after the DA's study is completed.
00:18Meanwhile, eggs are oversupplied in the country, according to Assistant Secretary De Mesa.
00:23One of the reasons is the large number of chickens that were slaughtered.
00:26De Mesa also explained that until March, there is usually an oversupply of eggs,
00:32a reason for the slaughter of chickens to control its population.
00:37Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chu Laurel Jr. also said that
00:41there is no unnecessary culling to the chickens
00:44which is a reason for the supply of eggs to drop and its price to rise.
00:49Assistant Secretary De Mesa also said that
00:51the Philippines does not want to experience the lack of supply of eggs in the United States due to the bird flu.
00:59This is just a proactive stance of the Department and a message to the layer investigators
01:06that the Secretary is also concerned about everything, including eggs.
