The Minister of Economy and Trade in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Al-Huwaij, stressed the necessity of issuing a decision regarding setting indicative prices for some commodities such as meat and table eggs, so that the control authorities can perform their tasks, as well as the need to form a joint technical committee from the relevant authorities to intensify efforts to monitor the work of slaughterhouses within its health requirements.

This came during the fifth meeting of the emergency room to follow up on the availability of basic commodities formed by a decision of the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, which was held today, Sunday, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Economy, Mohamed Al-Huwaij, and in the presence of the head of the Municipal Guard, Rajab Gatoussa, and the director of the Ministry’s Internal Trade Department, Mustafa bin Gdara, with a number of delegates for the Food and Drug Control Center and officials.

In its submitted report, the Emergency Room clarified that all necessary and basic commodities are available in local markets, with remarkable stability in most food commodity prices, noting the instability of national sheep meat prices. Other complementary issues such as providing fodder and opening new markets for the import of live animals were also discussed.

The minister pointed out the need to work on providing a so-called “detection bag device for the powers of foodstuffs” to verify the validity to protect the health of the consumer through the periodic monitoring of both the Municipal Guard and the Food and Drug Control Center, in cooperation with the Ministry of Local Government.