Opening of the olive oil national laboratory in Kfarshima with Italian funding

A laboratory for olive oil testing was inaugurated in Kfarshima last week within the framework of the “Lebanon oil” project which is implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the ICU institute and with financial support from the Italian government.  The event took place was under the auspices of the Minister of Agriculture, Akram Chehayeb, who stressed the importance of this laboratory which is capable of carrying out all kinds of tests according to international standards and criteria.  Chehayeb called for further collaboration to support the olive oil sector so that it becomes a high quality and highly competitive product. For his part, the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Morabito, noted that this laboratory is the result of a long term commitment by the Italian Cooperation in support of the agricultural sector in Lebanon through the implementation of several projects in the field of comprehensive local development, improvement olive oil quality, and the carrying out a number of scientific and maritime researches.

Source: Al-Nahar 30 June 2014