75% of restaurants in Lebanon now comply with health and safety standards!

A close look at the food safety campaign launched by the Ministry of Public Health last year indicated, according to An Nahar issue of today, that Lebanon has made headways as 75% of Lebanese restaurants now meet the safety and health standards whilst the rest are in the process of doing so.  The newspaper interviewed the president of the syndicate of restaurants, Tony Rami, who noted that Lebanese restaurants can now compete with French restaurants in terms of health and cleanliness.  He referred to reports issued by the French Ministry of Agriculture which indicated that only one third of Parisian restaurants meet health and safety standards.  Rami also referred to information about a study implemented by his syndicate in collaboration with the GWR consulting group and for which the results will be released soon during a press conference.  The study confirms that products of 85% to 90% of restaurants are now safe and their kitchens meet international standards as a result of the food safety campaign and the awareness of the restaurant owners as well as the persistence of the Ministries of Tourism and Public Health to conduct  field visits to restaurants.  He added that these excellent results do not apply only to Category One restaurants but also to street food and cafes. (An Nahar, 19 February 2016)