Exploring potential: CCP shares study on meat sector

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan has released a study on the meat sector in Pakistan for public comments, covering issues such as price monitoring and quality of meat and also exploring the growth potential of the sector. According to the CCP press statement, the study has been conducted as part of the assessments the CCP undertakes to understand competition issues in sectors that have implications for consumers. Meat is one of the heaviest weighed essential food items in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the livestock sector fulfills the country’s meat, milk and poultry demand, it added.  CCP in its report identified ineffective price and quality monitoring at the district level that result in high price and low quality of meat that affects both urban and rural consumers.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 1^st, 2016.

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