2015/08/17
(Independent) .. economist said Jamil Antoine, that the Iraqi citizen is still food security, calling for forming a body to save the citizens from the corrupt material entering the country.
Said Antoine (independent press), that need has become urgent to adopt a project to form such a body to be independent are connected directly to the Prime Minister and manages the board of directors Affairs, headed by the Minister of Health and the membership of a number of ministries and civil society organizations relevant and entrusted with all tasks procedural, executive and regulatory agencies carried out by the list, as the executive body of the device suitable for the tasks entrusted to it.
He said economic expert, said composition is in two phases be the first prelude formed while be the second start of her work, especially since such applicable body in many countries of the world, including some Arab countries (such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan) as well as the pursuit of several Arab countries ( Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Syria, Tunisia, Palestine, Lebanon) to form because of its importance in a comprehensive treatment of the issues of food and medicine.
He added that food safety is a large file at least as important as the security file has the consumer is exposed to terrorism diet, noting that despite all the efforts of the relevant authorities, but the consumer is still not safe from the safety of its food hand.
He said the most important challenges facing food safety in Iraq blurry policy currently followed the rapid opening up of uncontrolled global trade after April 2003 and uncontrollable commodity witnessed by the market, and scattering the efforts made by the official regulators in control of this deteriorating situation and lack of relevant agencies in the ports ability imposition of border control and application instructions on food imports. (end)
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