The Food Safety Law revised with the blessing of the Consumers’ Association || Newspapers (Arabic)

The recent meeting last week between the Minister of Economy and Trade, Mr. Nicolas Nahhas and the Minister of Tourism, Mr. Fadi Abboud, has resulted in the drafting of the new version of the long awaited the Food safety law. At the end of that meeting the Minister of Economy and Trade declared that the revised law will be referred shortly to the Cabinet and later on to the Parliament for consideration and approval.
In an interview with the Al Diyar newspaper, the president of the Consumers’ Lebanon, Mr. Zuheir Berro, noted that it was about time, 11 years later, to conclude the discussions over food safety and formulate a law in this regard.  Berro hopes that there will be in the new law no loopholes which will allow corruption to continue. He also noted that his association took part in the drafting of the old law but has not been privy to the new version issued by the current minister.  He added that he has high hopes for the new law which will require greater collaboration between various Ministries and public administrations to ensure effective implementation.  Berro concluded by saying that this law is important to all citizens since the dangers emanating from poor food security can affect all.

Source: Al-Diyar 4 November 2012