Mooneh exhibition in Jiyyeh by Hezbollah Women Committees

The Minister of Industry Dr. Hussein Haj Hassan inaugurated yesterday the ‘Khayrat Bladi for Mouneh and Craftwork’ exhibition at the Mustafa Complex in Jiyyeh south of Beirut organized by Hezbollah Women Committees-Beirut. Haj Hassan noted that there is a growing world trend in economy and in nutrition “to return to small industries or the so-called small household institutions for many reasons”. “On one hand, he added, this process empowers families to generate extra income and on the other to go back to the traditional healthy culinary methods in the preparation and presentation of food as compared to the preservative infested canned foodstuffs”. Furthermore, Haj Hassan pointed out that the reason for encouraging home-made food is that it is more cost-effective and helps increase family income, and at the same time it is healthier and tastier. However, the minister noted some still missing elements in the production process namely: appropriate packaging and packing of foods, quality control and effective marketing mechanisms.