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RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials have sig­nalled a stronger push to curb su­per­mar­ket price goug­ing, amid mount­ing pub­lic frus­tra­tion that of­fi­cial in­fla­tion fig­ures do not match what con­sumers face at the check­out counter.

The as­sur­ance came yes­ter­day dur­ing a sit­ting of the Joint Se­lect Com­mit­tee on Fi­nance and Le­gal Af­fairs, which ex­am­ined food se­cu­ri­ty, nu­tri­tion pol­i­cy and con­sumer pro­tec­tion.