date:Apr 18, 2013
meat, fell 2.3 percent week-on-week.
Prices of beef, mutton and chicken also dropped 0.5, 0.2 and 1 percent week on week, respectively, according to the statement.
Food prices account for about one-third of the prices used to calculate China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation.
China's CPI grew 2.1 percent year-on-year in March, down from a 10-month high of 3.2 percent in February, according to official data released Tuesday.