Food prices rising

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Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez says that the high prices of some food products are unjustified considering that some of those foods are abundant in the DR and are of good quality. He said that eggs, chicken, rice, potatoes, onions and meats are produced here in the DR and there is no reason for their prices to go up. Jimenez announced that four million pounds of chicken would enter the market below market prices in order to stop speculation and lower chicken prices.

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