Food Safety
Dr. Tarek El-Hobi, Chairman of the National Food Safety Authority, received Nicolas Beck, Financial Advisor and Deputy Head of the Economic Mission at the Embassy of the French Republic in Cairo, in the presence of a number of officials from the Authority and the French Embassy, where the meeting included discussing ways of joint cooperation between the two sides.
Egypt's exports of agricultural food products to New Zealand include frozen strawberries, oranges and dried onions.
The official account of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Twitter: that Egypt comes in fifth in tomato production, after China, India, Turkey and the United States of America.
The measures aim to legalize food businesses in the informal sector and to improve food quality.