BAU Signed an MoU Regarding Food Safety with the Ministry of Industry

BAU President Professor Amr Galal El-Adawi, together with the Minister of Industry H.E. Wael Abou Faour as well as eight Lebanese university presidents and representatives of presidents, signed an MoU that aims to "involve university students, after their training, in periodic inspection of industrial institutions as related to the application of basic food safety standards by collecting data that covers all stages of production, starting with raw materials to the final product, to ensure that the requirements for the safety of food production are met before being put on the market. The owners of the institutions shall get the "Stamp of Quality" from the ministry, granting industrial enterprises more credibility and helping them market and promote their products.”

The event was attended by Minister of Education and Higher Education Akram Chehayeb, Director General of the Ministry of Industry Dany Geadeon, representatives of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists and Syndicate of Lebanese Food Industries, university presidents and representatives of presidents, in addition to Beirut Arab University, Lebanese University, American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University, Holly Spirit University, Saint Joseph University, Notre Dame University – Louaize and University of Balamand.