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(LIP-ir)  --  In an effort to aid the country's poorest families, Peru's government is identifying the first 100,000 families that will receive food from the State, said APRAs secretary general, Mauricio Mulder.

As the prices of common products such as bread, chicken and vegetables continue to increase, the government has begun a program to attempt to counter the effects of inflation on the Andean country's poorest families.

The program is to provide food for the country's poorest citizens.

"There comes a time when a country has to realize that subsidizing means alleviating situations that are out of control, like the fact that staple food prices are being increased," said Mulder, stating that it was time for the government to make sacrifices.

He explained that providing food for the country's citizens was like the fuel stabilization fund, a fund which absorbs high international oil prices, thus, giving Peru's people much better prices for fuel.

Mulder assured that it was a way to relieve the country's poorest citizens.

According to Mulder, families in Lima would be the first to benefit from the new program. He stated that the government was seeking the 100,000 neediest families.

The program will then expand to other parts of the country until it reaches the most rural areas, said APRAs secretary general.