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Malaysia bans poultry exports in latest food protectionism move

Chickens drink water at the Chicken and Vegetables Farm Meranti facility in Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia, on March 14, 2022. (Bloomberg file photo)

Malaysia’s government met with the country’s biggest poultry producers to discuss subsidies and ensure continuity of local supply as the nation moved to ban exports of chicken in the latest food protectionist move in the region.

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries met 12 producers and livestock groups including Leong Hup Poultry Farm Sdn, HLRB Broiler Farm Sdn, PWF Corporation Bhd, and the Federation of Livestock Farmers’ Association of Malaysia on Monday, following a Cabinet meeting that discussed the ban.

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