BEIRUT: Health Minister Wael Abou Faour asked Wednesday the Interior Ministry to temporarily close a dairy factory and a supermarket in the Bekaa Valley over health violations.
Abu Faour asked Minister Nouhad Machnouk to close the Mustafa al-Chamouri dairy factory in the Marej area of the Bekaa for at least one week, and the Cham Mart supermarket in the town of Bar Elias.
The time should allow the dairy factory administrators to address its violations, a statement by the ministry said.
Abu Faour’s decision was based on a report by a health inspector who described the factory’s conditions as “very bad and not qualified for food production.”
Abu Faour also asked Industry Ministry Hussein Hajj Hassan to take measures against the factory, and called on the Bekaa Valley attorney general to follow up on the case “to protect the safety of citizens.”
A report of Cham Mart stated that the content of the shop's warehouses revealed that the establishment has been producing, importing and packaging food products without an industrial license, while manipulating production and expiration dates.
The market was closed until it meets legal and health standards. Abu Faour referred the file to the state prosecutor.
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