Santo Domingo.- Poultry producers and the Government on Monday agreed to set the price of chicken at RD$46.00 per pound by neighborhood vendors and RD$55.60 in supermarkets.
The pact reached during a meeting in the Chamber of Deputies to be signed Friday also sets prices at RD$28.50 per pound at the farm; RD$31.50 from trucks which take the meat to the city and RD$42.00 per pound by middlemen.
A vigilance committee was established to verify compliance, revealed Consumer Protection Agency director Altagracia Paulino, who warned that the consumer protection law will be enforced against those who violate the agreement.
Written by: anthonyC, 24 Jul 2012 8:46 AM
From: United States
Attention D.R.
Caveat Emptor
You have been warned
From: Dominican Republic
Caveat Emptor
"Buyer Beware
Under the doctrine of caveat emptor, the buyer could not recover from the seller for defects on the property that rendered the property unfit for ordinary purposes. The only exception was if the seller actively concealed latent defects or otherwise made material misrepresentations amounting to fraud."
From: United States
stillhere, why are you trying to explain to the brainless?
From: Dominican Republic
Sorry!!
Curiosity got the better of me and just have to try and understand why or if people really know what they post...
From: United States
there are at least two guys in this site who have no idea why they pòst. they just need the attention.
From: United Kingdom, part time DR
The 'middlemen' seem to do the best!! RD10.50 per pound.
Written by: abc200, 24 Jul 2012 10:24 AM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Yes, here in Las Terrenas supermarket chicken was reduced to 46 in the supermarket and 50 from street vendors who normally stock a better local chicken. This is down from 2 weeks ago so price controls could be working.
Europe and US fresh chicken prices are now very high - equiv of 60 or more pesos in the UK a few weeks back.
Priority for the government is to plant more corn and other feed seeds for chicken. There is much empty ground that could be used and many idle teenager, university students etc. that could form a land army working a few hours a week on a volunteer basis.
Soya, beans and corn should get priority.
WW2 slogan was Dig for Victory - DR could be Dig for Good Chicken Dinners for eone.
Including children at school who often get a poor diet.
In the UK many people are now raising chickens for eggs as well as meat - 4 or 6 birds does not consume much feed as they find grass seed etc everywhere.
S.
Written by: RonEvane 
, 24 Jul 2012 12:18 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Price is still too high.
Per pound in USD:..$0.79 @ Safeway; DR, $1.17
I still believe the producers are guilty in complicity to defraud the public.
Medina has an old foe in many food producers that set prices unrestricted and without qualms.
Apparently, they're in collusion and must be prevented from perpetuating the monopoly they enjoy, fabricating extra expenses to justify stealing from the poor..Antitrust laws... got any?
From: United States
ABC, how about focusing on the chicken issue in the DR, instead of regaling us with tales of Merrye Olde England? what do you suggest for THIS COUNTRY?
Written by: abc200, 24 Jul 2012 1:01 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
I do - grow more corn, encourage chicken keeping in small households, establish volunteer land army to bring more areas into cultivation. Provide good school dinner for every child.
S.
Written by: NYGuy35, 24 Jul 2012 5:52 PM
From: United States
Eat less chicken to drive down demand and price. Price controls by govt is communism.
Written by: RoyStone, 24 Jul 2012 6:03 PM
From: Australia
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Written by: RoyStone, 24 Jul 2012 6:03 PM
From: Australia
How about harvesting the feral chickens and pigeons that are devastating the native fauna?
Written by: RonEvane , 24 Jul 2012 6:31 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Huh? What do you mean? Are you on something, Roy?
Written by: RoyStone, 24 Jul 2012 7:31 PM
From: Australia
What native fauna you may well ask, Ron! The dominant specie in Hispaniola is Homo-peasanticus feralus
From: United States
says NYGuy
Written by: NYGuy35, 24 Jul 2012 5:52 PM
From: United States
Eat less chicken to drive down demand and price. Price controls by govt is communism.
huh????
Written by: abc200, 24 Jul 2012 8:54 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Rationing is another alternative. Maybe 1 lb per family per month only for poorest families. Governement could supply feed and army could distribute chicken.
India has followed Pakistan in setting up fair price shops for the poorer sections of the community with rationed quantities of food etc. available at fair prices.
Coud work in other countries such as DR. DR already has a scheme similar for cooking gas similar to that in India for kerosene.
DR has won awards for its government shops selling medicines.
S.
Written by: RonEvane , 28 Jul 2012 12:08 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"Homo-peasanticus feralus"
Roy, is this another species we should know about? The only one I know of is "Homo rattus-rattus". An invasive mammal endemic to Hispaniola which has found its way to most of the US, parts of Europe, and to a lesser extent, the South American continent.
Are we talking the same animal?
Written by: NYGuy35, 29 Jul 2012 4:58 PM
From: United States
The pollo republic has spoken! DR is a joke. Does this place have a real government or a few family clans running the place. No wonder DR is afraid of the Haitians. Just another clan that can replace the idiots.
Written by: RoyStone, 29 Jul 2012 6:48 PM
From: Australia
Ron,
The precise origin of Homo-peasanticus feralus is unknown - in fact most don't even know who their father is.
Written by: RoyStone, 29 Jul 2012 6:49 PM
From: Australia
If chicken is too expensive, salami is on special this week.
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Caveat Emptor
You have been warned
Caveat Emptor
"Buyer Beware
Under the doctrine of caveat emptor, the buyer could not recover from the seller for defects on the property that rendered the property unfit for ordinary purposes. The only exception was if the seller actively concealed latent defects or otherwise made material misrepresentations amounting to fraud."
Curiosity got the better of me and just have to try and understand why or if people really know what they post...
Europe and US fresh chicken prices are now very high - equiv of 60 or more pesos in the UK a few weeks back.
Priority for the government is to plant more corn and other feed seeds for chicken. There is much empty ground that could be used and many idle teenager, university students etc. that could form a land army working a few hours a week on a volunteer basis.
Soya, beans and corn should get priority.
WW2 slogan was Dig for Victory - DR could be Dig for Good Chicken Dinners for eone.
Including children at school who often get a poor diet.
In the UK many people are now raising chickens for eggs as well as meat - 4 or 6 birds does not consume much feed as they find grass seed etc everywhere.
S.
Price is still too high.
Per pound in USD:..$0.79 @ Safeway; DR, $1.17
I still believe the producers are guilty in complicity to defraud the public.
Medina has an old foe in many food producers that set prices unrestricted and without qualms.
Apparently, they're in collusion and must be prevented from perpetuating the monopoly they enjoy, fabricating extra expenses to justify stealing from the poor..Antitrust laws... got any?
S.
Huh? What do you mean? Are you on something, Roy?
Written by: NYGuy35, 24 Jul 2012 5:52 PM
From: United States
Eat less chicken to drive down demand and price. Price controls by govt is communism.
huh????
India has followed Pakistan in setting up fair price shops for the poorer sections of the community with rationed quantities of food etc. available at fair prices.
Coud work in other countries such as DR. DR already has a scheme similar for cooking gas similar to that in India for kerosene.
DR has won awards for its government shops selling medicines.
S.
"Homo-peasanticus feralus"
Roy, is this another species we should know about? The only one I know of is "Homo rattus-rattus". An invasive mammal endemic to Hispaniola which has found its way to most of the US, parts of Europe, and to a lesser extent, the South American continent.
Are we talking the same animal?
The precise origin of Homo-peasanticus feralus is unknown - in fact most don't even know who their father is.