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Malaysia to set up chicken 'stockpiles' to overcome shortages

FILE PHOTO: A worker carries chickens at a poultry farm in Sepang, Selangor, May 27, 2022. (Reuters)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Thursday it will seek to stock up on chicken as part of measures to secure domestic supplies and control rising food prices, amid a ban on exports of the poultry.

The neighbouring country, which supplies live chickens mainly to Singapore and Thailand, on June 1 halted exports of chickens until production and prices stabilise, the latest sign of growing global food shortages.

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