List of decisions on food safety in the production of pickles

(Refer to: Food safety in pickles production and warning to unlicensed factories)

-    Grant a one month ultimatum for unlicensed factories to file their registration papers
-    Compile data on required standards by Ministry of Industry
-    Conduct inspections of factories to be carried out jointly by Ministries of industry, Agriculture and Health
-    Set up a follow-up committee comprising representatives of Ministry of Industry and owners of industrial institutions to prepare regular reports on barrels used in packaging
-    Agreement between pickles producers and manufacturers of packaging containers on reasonable prices and the required quantities and in accordance with agreed quality standards
-    After inspection, barrel containers that do not comply with standards of packaging will be destroyed together with their contents; inspection to be conducted on regular basis
-    Ban the use of recycled containers
-    Draft the right decisions for serial process from the factory to the consumer
-    Communicate to industrialists the ISO mark NL282:2015 identifying safety requirements of plastic material for packaging food products and ensure compliance with these requirements as soon as they are published
-    Authorise the exposure of pickles filled barrel containers to the sun provided they are non-white in color
-    Disseminate a study prepared by USAID on health requirements for the production of pickles
-    Pull out “Food Grade” containers used for packaging of pickles five years after its manufacturing
-    Prepare the Institute for Industrial Research to conduct free laboratory tests on containers as mandated by the Ministry of Industry
-    Provide the Ministry of Industry with the list of licensed and unlicensed factories compiled by health inspectors
-    Comply with Lebanese standard qualifications No. NL2111 for pickles, all other standards regulating food additives, and the parameters for using insecticides
-    Observe mandatory health standards in manufacturing

(Al Diyar, 7 April 2015)