KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 14 controlled items will be gazetted under the 2024 Christmas Festive Season Maximum Price Control Scheme (SHMMP), starting Monday.

Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the five-day implementation period will be enforced under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011.

“The items listed are essential goods for Christmas, including imported bone-in mutton, live old chickens (Sarawak only), round cabbages imported from Indonesia and China (excluding Beijing cabbage), carrots and tomatoes.

“Other controlled items include red chillies, green bell peppers, imported large red onions, large yellow onions, potatoes imported from China, chicken wings, live pigs (at the farm level only), pork belly and pork meat, and fat,” he said, Bernama reported.

He announced this during a press conference on the 2024 Christmas SHMMP and the Rahmah Madani Sales at UTC Sentul, Bandar Baru Sentul, here, yesterday.

He said the initiative aimed to help the public access essential goods at controlled prices and prevent sudden price hikes.

“Items under the SHMMP will be marked with pink price tags for easy identification and can be verified on the ministry’s website at www.kpdn.gov.my,” he added.

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