May 11 Callum Paton

Fifty admitted to Benghazi hospital showing signs of poisoning

By Moutaz Ahmed.Benghazi, 11 May 2014:The Jumhuriya Hospital in Benghazi has announced that yesterday it had received 50 patients with illnesses relat...

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Apr 25 thomwestcott

Out-of-date meat seized near Tobruk

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 25 April 2014:An Egyptian truck attempting to smuggle out-of-date frozen sheep livers into Libya has been seized near T...

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Canned food fraudsters busted in Tripoli
Aug 7 thomwestcott

Canned food fraudsters busted in Tripoli

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 7 August 2013:A fraudulent operation to relabel and resell expired foodstuffs has been busted by Tripoli police.The bus...

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Sticky questions for lorry drivers
Jun 1 Nigel Ash

Sticky questions for lorry drivers

By Ashraf Abdul WahabThe lorries with the suspect sugarTripoli, 1 June 2013:Four large trucks laden with hundreds of sacks of sugar, thought to be unf...

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May 18 Nigel Ash

Police nab Egyptian trucks with rotten food

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 18 May 2013:Four large Egyptian trucks reportedly laden with cans of rotten food were seized after they had passed into...

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May 18 Nigel Ash

Arrests after Benghazi restaurant food poisoning

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 18 May, 2013:Benghazi  police have said that 14 people are being treated for food poisoning after eating in a local res...

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Poisonous immigrant fish in deadly breeding season
May 10 thomwestcott

Poisonous immigrant fish in deadly breeding season

By Seraj Essul.The Rabbitfish can be deadly when eaten, especially during its breeding seasonTripoli, 10 May 2013:Now the breeding season has started...

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Mar 26 thomwestcott

Food poisoning in Tripoli

Tripoli, 26 March 2013:Six people have been admitted to Tripoli Central Hospital suffering from food poisoning.The victims became ill after eating san...

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Mar 11 Michel Cousins

Alcohol poisoning grows: 10 deaths and 430 victims reported

Tripoli, 11 March 2103:Ten people have now died and over 430 people are now reported to have been poisoned by drinking contaminated alcohol. It is Lib...

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Mass food poisoning outbreak in Derna
Jul 1 George Grant

Mass food poisoning outbreak in Derna

By Hadi Fornaji.Derna, 1 July:A mass bout of food poisoning has broken out in the eastern city of Derna, believed to have been caused by contaminated...

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