April 1, 2023, 9:46 PM
April 1, 2023, 9:46 PM
The Vice Ministry of Defense of the User and Consumer verified that the egg production is normally that there is no “disproportionate increase” in the wholesale price, so holds responsible to the intermediaries for agio and speculation in the sale of the product in the supply centers.
Jorge Silva, Vice Minister of Defense of the User and Consumer, inspected this Saturday the facilities that the caisy company -one of the “largest” companies dedicated to the wholesale sale of this food in the national market-, has in mind The tall.
Silva maintained that the company informed him that the egg production is normal. and that there was no decrease in production to try to justify the shortage of food.
Silva explained that caissy makes reach the La Paz market daily between 300,000 and 600,000 egg units and that evidently increase between Bs 3 and Bs 3.50 the maple price; that is, a rise of 10 cents per unit.
“The company made this increase in the price of the product because it adopted different protocols and biosecurity measures to prevent the bird flu reach the farms in Santa Cruz,” Silva explained.
Therefore, he remarked that those who are committing agio with the price of the egg are the intermediaries since the businessmen have made it known that there was no excessive increase in the price of eggs and that production is normal, Silva said.
Along these lines, the authority maintained that if the egg maple went up between Bs 12 and Bs 15 It is the responsibility of the intermediaries and not of the producers, businessmen or retailers.
The La Paz de Caisy Regional Manager, Carlos Rocha, explained that this company the price of eggs rose “slightly” because it invests in transport protocols and in the farms themselves to prevent Avian Flu from reaching Santa Cruz.
“Our costs rose for everything we have to acquire to disinfect our vehicles, investments in our facilitiesin the production farms”, he pointed out.
Rocha affirmed that this “slight” increase in the egg price is momentary; that is, while the health epidemic lasts, for which he asked consumers not to be alarmed by “false rumors of shortages.”
In January of this year, the Ministry of Rural Development and Lands confirmed the presence of bird flu in Cochabamba and activated an animal health emergency plan to control and eradicate the disease.
In case of identifying “excessive” pricesagio and speculation in the sale of eggs, asked report before the vice-ministry through the free line 800100202 or through the Consumer Defense application (app).
