SA retailers prefer local poultry to imports

Large food retailers have told Parliament they prefer locally sourced poultry products to imports.

Representatives of Woolworths‚ Pick n Pay‚ Shoprite Checkers‚ Spar and Nando’s were called by Parliament’s trade and industry portfolio committee to account for their chicken-purchasing policies on Tuesday as part of the committee’s hearings into the poultry industry crisis.

The government‚ poultry producers‚ meat importers‚ animal feed producers‚ agricultural economists and others have also made submissions.

Fast-food retailer Nando’s said it used locally produced chicken only to support the local industry and to ensure the products were fresh.

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