Food safety activities in Saida and Nabatiyeh

In collaboration with the Lebanese Training Center, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Saida and the South organized last Friday a training workshop on food safety targeting a number of owners of food establishments, as well as representatives of concerned associations and community organizations. Experts in food and health care presented methods of prevention that should be adopted to ensure food safety and therefore protect the health of consumers.  In a related context, the Saint Orthodox School in Nabatiyeh held a seminar on agriculture and food safety in the presence of the director general of the government-run Department for Scientific and Agricultural Research. Dr Michel Freim highlighted the factors influencing food security and spelled out the challenges facing the agricultural sector in the country, pointing to the role of the state in creation of the appropriate climate for its advancement. During the seminar Freim announced the opening soon of an agricultural and scientific research center in that major southern city. (Al Diyar, Febraury 6, 2016)