Inspections and Warnings at Chicken Slaughterhouses
Health inspectors in South Lebanon have stepped up inspections of meat and chicken shops to ensure compliance with health standards
Inspectors from the Health Ministry’s regional department in South Lebanon have intensified inspection campaigns across Sidon and the South to crack down on meat and chicken shops violating the ministry’s approved health standards and take measures to protect public health and food safety.
In this context, and upon the instructions of South Prosecutor Zaher Hamadeh, health inspectors, accompanied by a team from the State Security Directorate’s South Regional Department, inspected central refrigerated meat warehouses in Sidon that supply smaller shops at wholesale and retail prices. The inspectors checked compliance with approved health standards, issuing warnings to some facilities to improve safe storage practices and ensure proper sanitary conditions for preserving products and maintaining their expiry dates.
They also raided chicken slaughterhouses and issued notices to their owners, instructing them to obtain health certificates and comply with other guidelines required by the ministry.
Acting on Judge Hamadeh’s instructions, the inspectors also shut down a shop selling spleen, internal organs and sheep’s heads, after the products were found to be in violation of health standards and approved refrigeration temperature requirements. The products were prevented from being sold, and the shop was placed under the supervision of the relevant administration pending correction of the violations.
