Now, this IS news!
Posted by sideshowjudy on 29th November 2007
Amidst the multitude of news stories on peace talks in the middle east, the u.s elections, the lack of human rights in Myanmar and the scores of other daily news fodder that gives me a general sense of tiredness and doom…this one puts the nail right into the coffin! What will one do without tasty, hi-fat, hi-everything canned pork? How can we enjoy our greasy breakfast beehoon? How can one stomach nasi lemak without a slice of wonderous canned pork?
Canned pork, which is a staple in breakfast cuisine and perhaps a solid anchor in my existence is something that I have come to depend on. But surely you can see why! Cheap meat rocks…well, used-to-be cheap meat. Now, not so - a 20% price increase is pretty hefty. Given this supply shortage, the first slice of canned pork i see tomorrow, i am ordering it!
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Prices rise, buyers hoard tinned pork as supplies dry up
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| Made-in-China pork luncheon meat now costs up to 60 cents more | |
| By Marcel Lee Pereira & Lin Xinyi | |
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THE prices of China-made pork products have soared following the now severe shortage in supplies. Retailing at about $2.90 just last week, a can of Shanghai Maling B2 pork luncheon meat now sells for up to $3.50. The current shortage began in August, when the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) rejected and destroyed a consignment of canned pork products from two food processing plants in China. In these products, the AVA had found traces of nitrofurans, a banned antibiotic fed to pigs to treat illnesses. It suspended all canned pork imports from the factories, which produce the two most popular brands here, Maling and Gulong. The other six Chinese factories still on the AVA’s approved list have played it safe by not selling to Singapore at all, in case their canned pork also gets the boot. As the shortage continues, provision shop owners in the heartland have reported a small rush as customers try to stock up. One of them was contractor Teo Yew Lam, 42. He was spotted buying nine cans of various pork products at a single go in a Toa Payoh provision shop on Thursday. He said: ‘I have been looking for these products for a month now, but many places tell me they’ve run out. My son and nieces enjoy having it (stewed pork) for lunch with rice. I came to check on impulse and luckily they did have some.’ Some shop owners resort to hiding the stuff for their regular customers. ‘If we display it all, buyers will take as many as they can,’ said shop owner Desmond Lim, 34. Last year, about 7,000 tonnes of Chinese pork products were imported here. The China-made products also have the lion’s share of the market. |
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