Price controls on 14 foods extended

The measure that sets the maximum retail prices of 14 food products at the national level was extended for six months by the Executive Branch.

The Price Adjustment Commission recommended the Executive to temporarily extend the measure “to ensure that a possible deregulation generates an unjustified increase in products considered to be more sensitive,” according to a statement from the Consumer Protection Authority

With this decision, the maximum sale prices for products such as stifle, ribbon steak, first-class ground beef, whole chicken, first-class rice, national and imported yellow onion, yam, national potato, perita tomato, cassava, milk in powder, white sliced ​​bread, processed American yellow cheese, and sausages containing beef.