‘Prefer fresh chicken’: No panic, but some Singapore consumers buying more ‘just in case’ ahead of Malaysia export ban

SINGAPORE, May 25 — When Karen Ko buys her family’s groceries once a week, her shopping list includes a mix of fresh and frozen chicken meat to be used as the family’s main meat source.

The other 13 shoppers were content to see how things go, or use frozen chicken or other meats instead while chicken is harder to obtain. Visits to three supermarkets by TODAY on Wednesday showed they still had supplies of chicken. However, three supermarkets TODAY visited between 11.30am and 2pm today in Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh had fresh chicken available.

However, despite his wife’s panic, Low said he is not worried. “I’m going to take it easy... Whatever my wife cooks, we eat. It doesn’t matter if it is chicken or not.” Also shopping at the same wet market was Chng, who declined to give her full name, who had secured 10 chicken thighs — double her usual order of five.

“I’m also more comfortable with chicken from Malaysia since it’s nearby and fresh... I feel safer eating it,” she said. However, frozen chicken will be her last resort once stocks run dry.Wati Ismail was doing her daily marketing, which always includes chicken, at Geylang Serai Market and Food Centre today.

Malaysia’s announcement has caused her to worry about chicken prices. Already, she has had to pay S$18 per chicken, S$2 higher than it was during her last purchase at the start of May. She also said some customers had ordered twice as much as usual, but was unable to give an estimate of how many customers had done this.Richard Seah, 74, retiree, planned to visit the store early tomorrow as he was unable to get chicken breast to cook his famed Hainanese chicken rice for his grandchildren.

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