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Egypt launches comprehensive stray animal plan, warns against mass killings and poisoning

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 - 06:04 GMT

In line with the recommendations of the relevant committee, the Ministry stated that stray animals serve as a natural line of environmental defense by helping limit the spread of rodents and venomous or dangerous reptiles, whose populations have reportedly increased significantly in recent years due to climate change.

Egypt’s traditional 'fesikh' dish can cause botulism poisoning, Health Ministry warns

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 - 02:10 GMT

“This is because its preparation method mainly depends on providing an anaerobic environment in order for fish to be fermented and become ‘fesikh.’

Two dead, hundreds ill from food poisoning in Iraqi refugee camp

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 - 12:29 GMT

At least two people in the Hassan Sham U2 refugee camp in Erbil died from food poisoning while over 700 people have fallen ill.

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