North Lebanon governor, Judge Ramzi Nahra, ordered the shutdown of a slaughterhouse within the vicinity of the Federation of Municipalities of Fayhaa for violating minimum health and hygiene conditions. The abattoir was sealed with red wax based on a request annotated with the signature of the deputy prime minister and minister of public health in the caretaker government, Ghassan Hasbani. In his letter to Nahra, Hasbani maintained that after reviewing the contents of the report presented by the health department in the district of Tripoli, it was found that the slaughterhouse did not meet relevant requirements, and thus, “we ask you to take the necessary measures to close the abattoir until it complies with required conditions.” The minister was firm that the place will have to receive a prior permission from his ministry to reopen. (Al Mustaqbal, May 31, 2018)