Jakarta to have enough meat

Jakarta to have enough meat

JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Animal Husbandry Soehadji said yesterday that supplies of meat in Jakarta were sufficient for the Ramadhan fasting month and for Idul Fitri festivities but that he could not predict what would happen to its price.

Soehadji was quoted by Antara yesterday as saying that for 40 days prior to the Idul Fitri festival and for five days after it the demand for the meat would increase from 4,320 tons to 5,724 tons.

He said that the supply of meat allocated to Jakarta for the whole 45 days was 6,794 tons.

Suhadji said that during this festive season the city will also be supplied with 400 tons of chicken per day from West Java and Central Java and with 600 tons of chicken eggs from West Java and North Sumatra. (mas)