In Russia, the rise in prices for eggs and poultry meat will be checked. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov gave such an order to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), TASS reports.
A participant in the meeting on monitoring prices for socially important goods told the agency that Belousov ordered “to promptly check the producers of chicken meat and chicken eggs for the justification of price increases and abuse of a dominant position.”
In mid-February, the Izvestia newspaper, citing a source in the market, reported that poultry farms offered retail chains to increase prices for poultry and eggs by 10 percent.
Retailers agreed with the arguments of the suppliers and passed the information to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Elena Stepanova, deputy general director of Rospitsessoyuz, stressed that the companies kept prices at a relatively low level throughout 2020 thanks to internal resources, but now the safety margin has dried up.
Later, the Ministry of Agriculture assured that the rise in prices for poultry and eggs in Russia will remain within the general food inflation. The authorities did not believe in the possibility of such a development of events, indicating that there were no prerequisites for aggravating the situation.