As part of the Development of Agricultural Exports Program, the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL), in cooperation with Bureau Veritas for testing and inspection, organized yesterday a seminar on ‘Food Safety Management Systems’ at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Tripoli and the North in the presence of a crowd of exporters and owners of food industries. The Chamber President Toufic Dabbussi stressed that “compliance with quality standards and application of specifications, as well as proper packaging methods that observe with the requirements of global markets need serious attention from production parties.” Dabbussi underscored the importance of cooperation with government and with the various ministries, in a true spirit of partnerships between the private and public sectors, and this in order to boost Lebanese exports. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, December 2, 2015)