KUALA LUMPUR: A National Cost of Living Action Council (NACCOL) member has claimed the supply of white rice in the market is still limited despite the government's instruction of 140,000 metric tonnes of padi and rice to be processed for sale.

Datuk Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Faisal, who heads the NACCOL food cluster taskforce, said 140,000 metric tonnes is equivalent to 14 million packets of local white rice.