The kiss of death for ‘‘Kiss’’ branded Turkish chocolates for non-conformity to Libyan standards
Jan 10 Sami Zaptia

The kiss of death for ‘‘Kiss’’ branded Turkish chocolates for non-conformity to Libyan standards

The Libyan Food and Drug Control Centre has rejected a shipment of 641 boxes of chocolate wafer biscuits at Tripoli Port because they are called ‘‘Kis...

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Tripoli Chamber holds workshop on applying GS1 system for tracking medical products
Nov 14 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Chamber holds workshop on applying GS1 system for tracking medical products

The Tripoli Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture organized a workshop last Saturday, under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy and Tra...

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Economy Ministry to hold forum on trademarks and copyrights in December
Oct 18 Sami Zaptia

Economy Ministry to hold forum on trademarks and copyrights in December

The Ministry of Economy and Trade discussed preparations for holding a forum entitled “Legal Protection of Trademarks - Its Concept and the Role of Re...

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Economy Ministry issues new import provisions - some data must be in Arabic on inner and outer product packaging
Aug 2 Sami Zaptia

Economy Ministry issues new import provisions - some data must be in Arabic on inner and outer product packaging

The Tripoli-based Libyan government’s Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Hwej, issued a decision (No. 398/2023) yesterday obligating all importing...

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Public Prosecutor detains 52 accused of being behind the sale of rotten onions
Mar 21 Sami Zaptia

Public Prosecutor detains 52 accused of being behind the sale of rotten onions

After the case of the seizure of large quantities of onions unfit for human consumption from various vegetable markets, the Public Prosecution Office...

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170 exhibitors, including 11 foreign participants expected at the Libya Food 2023 Expo
Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

170 exhibitors, including 11 foreign participants expected at the Libya Food 2023 Expo

Organisers of the fourth Libya Food Exhibition 2023 say 170 local and foreign companies are expected at the show.Eleven foreign participants are expec...

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Attorney General to investigates bakery use of banned potassium bromate in bread
Aug 10 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General to investigates bakery use of banned potassium bromate in bread

Libya’s Attorney General announced yesterday that he has formed a committee to investigate the import of the prohibited substance, potassium bromate,...

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Jun 15 Sami Zaptia

Conference on Food and Nutrition stresses strategic importance of food production

By Sami Zaptia.The First International Conference on Food and Nutrition stressed the strategic importance of local food production (Photo: ICFN).Londo...

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Unlicensed Tripoli ‘‘McDonald’s’’ closed for health and safety infringements
May 25 Sami Zaptia

Unlicensed Tripoli ‘‘McDonald’s’’ closed for health and safety infringements

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 May 2021:The Libyan Food and Drug Control Centre reported yesterday that an unlicensed ''McDonald’s'' restaurant in the Hay...

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New strategy for consumer protection proposed by Economy Ministry
Mar 16 Sami Zaptia

New strategy for consumer protection proposed by Economy Ministry

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 March 2021:On the occasion of the International Day for Consumer Protection yesterday, Libya’s Supreme Committee for Consume...

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