“Offer” reveals the truth about the trend to increase the price of the subsidized loaf of bread by 30%

The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade denied the rumors about raising the price of the subsidized loaf of bread by 30%, noting that there is no intention to affect the price of the subsidized loaf of bread, and explained that the subsidized loaf of bread is It will continue to pay citizens in ration cards for only 5 piastres, as long as the State assumes the difference in cost. Productivity, which reaches 50 piastres per bar, with periodic follow-up campaigns launched in all bakeries, to ensure that subsidized bread meets all quality standards, while the sanctions and fines imposed on the bakeries are hardened and applied. offenders, and the fine is doubled in case of repetition.

The ministry said that the number of mobile loaves weighing 100 kg has been increased to reach 1,450 loaves instead of 1,250, and the weight of the loaf has been standardized and fixed at 90 grams, maintaining the same nutritional value for a loaf without decrease. some, and preserving the constants of the bread system, the most important of which is the exchange rate. A loaf of bread sustained by 5 piastres on the ration cards, in addition to maintaining the same amounts allocated to citizens every day.

And he continued: “Weights have also been standardized in all varieties of bread (Hungary, soft plasticizer, hard plasticizer) so that they all have a constant weight and diameter in order to tighten control and unify the scales and specifications in all bakeries. of the Republic, provided that the Ministry launches field monitoring campaigns and inspects all bakeries, to control any manipulation.

And he called on all the media and social network users to investigate the veracity and objectivity in the publication of news, and to communicate with the competent authorities to make sure before publishing information that is not based on any fact and generates Confusion among citizens, and in case there are complaints related to the shortage of basic supplies in the governorates, inform it from the direct line of the Consumer Protection Agency 19588.