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'Hundreds of containers' of food products stuck at Beirut's Port

'Hundreds of containers' of food products stuck at Beirut's Port

The Port of Beirut ravaged after the deadly explosions of August 4, 2020. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT — The Committee of Food Security in Lebanon, headed by chairman of the Lebanese Economic Organizations, former Minister Mohamed Choucair, issued a statement Monday warning of the negative repercussions on food security in the country, according to the state-run National News Agency.

Here’s what we know:

    • “Hundreds of containers filled with food products and imported raw material for food factories in Lebanon, are piled up in the yards of the Port of Beirut as a result of the failure to complete the necessary transactions in the relevant ministries due to the open strike carried out by public administration employees,” the statement said.

    • The committee urgently called on officials to “take exceptional measures” to remove the containers and facilitate the removal of similar containers arriving at the port, to ensure the continuous flow of food products to the Lebanese market and raw materials to food factories.

    • The statement also warned of the negative effect this will have on consumers, as the continued delay in unloading the containers will cause the companies large financial losses, since they are paying in exchange for the port's floor fees.

    • The Food Security Committee announced its “full solidarity with the public administration employees in reaching their just demands,” and considered it unacceptable to keep the conditions of employees and workers in the state sectors as they are, after their wages and incomes have significantly eroded with the collapse of the national currency.

    • The Committee of Food Security includes the Agricultural Committee of the Federation of Lebanese Chambers, the Syndicate of Food Importers, the Syndicate of Supermarket Owners, the Syndicate of Owners of Food Industries, the Millers Association in Lebanon, the Bakeries Syndicate, the Lebanese Poultry Syndicate, and the Butchers Union and Livestock Syndicate.

BEIRUT — The Committee of Food Security in Lebanon, headed by chairman of the Lebanese Economic Organizations, former Minister Mohamed Choucair, issued a statement Monday warning of the negative repercussions on food security in the country, according to the state-run National News Agency. Here’s what we know:    • “Hundreds of containers filled with food products and imported...