Pekalongan City Government Checks Distributors To Prevent Stockpiling Of Cooking Oil

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PEKALONGAN - Pekalongan City Government, Central Java, is ready to conduct sudden inspections at several points to prevent the practice of hoarding cooking oil which is still needed by the community. Pekalongan Mayor Afzan Arslan Djunaid said that the scarcity of cooking oil was due to the high level of public consumption of this commodity. However, the supply from distributors is very limited. "Therefore, we plan to conduct unannounced inspections of a number of cooking oil distributor warehouses and shops to ensure that there is no practice of hoarding the commodity which is detrimental to the community," he said in Pekalongan, Wednesday, February 23. , the scarcity of cooking oil occurs in almost all parts of Indonesia, including Pekalongan City because the supply of this commodity is very limited. "Even if there is a stock of cooking oil, the price is quite expensive. it is suspected that there is a distributor "Afzan Arslan, who is familiarly called Aaf, said there was a need for a sudden inspection to take firm action against distributors or individuals who are known to hoard cooking oil stocks and raise the price above the highest retail price (HET). The city government hopes that distributors and shop owners will immediately distribute it to the public so that the price of the commodity can be stabilized in the market. Hopefully, everything is safe and there are no naughty cooking oil distributors," he said.