REPORT: Lebanon’s Health Minister says “tragic” situation at Beirut airport remains unchanged

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REPORT: Lebanon’s Health Minister says “tragic” situation at Beirut airport remains unchanged
Lebanon’s Health Minister Wael Abou Faour said his ministry has started to see a great improvement in a significant number of samples meeting the proper health standards.      

In a press conference he held following talks with doctors from various districts, Abou Faour said “the [food safety] campaign will move into examining new samples and food items,” adding “there is a lack of [health] inspectors in some regions”.      

Abou Faour also said the Lebanese judiciary has ordered the arrest of numerous persons involved in the case of the corrupt sugar warehouse at Tripoli port.          

“This warehouse will not be opened unless the proper health standards are met,” he warned.

On the 5th of January, Health Minister Wael Abou Faour declared that the sugar warehouse at Tripoli port does not meet the required standards, and contains waste material and even rats, adding that it also stocks 1083 tons of expired sugar.          

Abou Faour noted that a large quantity of the expired sugar has been sold to the Lebanese market, urging for pulling these products from the market as soon as possible.         

Also on Monday, the minister stressed that “the tragic situation at the Beirut airport remains unchanged,” saying “the entire environment at the airport is not healthy”.          

Last month, Health Minister Abou Faour along with Public Works Minister Ghazi Zoueiter visited the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport.       

Following a tour inside the airport, Minister Zoueiter stated that warehouses at the airport are "death chambers for the health of citizens," calling on all officials to bear their responsibilities.           

For his part, Abou Faour said the structure of the airport building does not comply with the set requirements, adding that certain foodstuffs stored at the airport had expired in the year 1995.

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