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• Food Poisoning Outbreak Hospitalizes 58 Wedding Guests in Morocco
  28 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  58 people admitted to the Provincial Hospital Center of Boujdour are suffering from food poisoning. This occurred following the consumption of a meal served during a wedding, according to the Regional Delegation of the Ministry of Health of the province.
  The 58 hospitalized people were far from knowing that they would end up in the hospital the day after this reception organized as part of a relative’s wedding. These cases are the result of the meal served during a wedding attended by (…)

• Organic Buckwheat Flour Recalled Over Hallucinogenic Contamination Risk
  30 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  The alert has just been given by the "Intermarché" chain. A batch of organic buckwheat flour has been contaminated by a toxic plant that can cause hallucinations. French consumers, as well as Moroccans, are therefore asked not to consume it.
  The ongoing operation is worrying. Indeed, a batch of organic buckwheat flour, sold under the "Ma vie sans Gluten" brand, is being recalled by Intermarché stores, reports the newspaper Midi Libre. The flour, packaged in 400-gram bags, may be (…)

• Botulism Alert: Contaminated Canned Tuna from Spain Smuggled into Morocco
  3 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Canned tuna in sunflower oil from the Dia store brand has caused cases of botulism food poisoning in Spain. This infected product for which the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has issued a national health alert and smuggled into Morocco, can be found on the shelves of several stores.
  After the intoxication of 4 members of the same family following the consumption of a homemade Russian salad made with the infected tuna, the Spanish chain has withdrawn the product from (…)

• Morocco Slashes Wheat Import Tariffs to Stabilize Domestic Market
  21 September 2019, by Ginette

  A draft decree has been taken by the Council of Government and aims to lower the import duty on soft wheat and its derivatives.
  Revised from 135%, the import duty on soft wheat and its derivatives will be replaced, from October 1, 2019, by a customs duty set at 35%.
  The news was brought by the Minister, Government Spokesperson, Mustapha El Khalfi, during a press briefing held after the weekly meeting of the Council of Government.
  The reduction of the import duty, applicable to soft (…)

• Morocco Leads Global Demand for Tunisian Dates, Importing 33,000 Tons
  4 October 2019, by Ginette

  With 33,000 tons during the season from October 1, 2018 to September 30 last year, according to data published by the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Morocco claims the first place among the importing countries of Tunisian dates.
  According to the Tunisian Minister of Agriculture, "Tunisian dates have been exported to 73 destinations including Morocco (33,000 tons), the leading importing market followed by Spain with 9,500 tons", generating record revenues (…)

• Morocco’s Red Meat Industry Thrives: 17.3 kg Per Capita Consumption, $2.6 Billion Revenue
  6 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  In 2018, the national production of red meats was estimated at 603,000 tons, thus covering 98% of the needs of Moroccans. And the turnover generated is quite considerable.
  In total, the red meat sector generated a turnover of 26 billion dirhams for a national production of 603,000 tons, said Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries, during the inauguration of the 2nd edition of the Livestock Trade Fair, in Sidi Bennour, on October 3.
  With this production, (…)

• UAE’s Al Dahra Group to Build $5.7 Million Olive Oil Plant in Morocco
  15 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  An olive oil production plant will soon be built in the Fès-Meknès region. This is an ambitious project of the Emirati group, Al Dahra holding, specialized in agri-food and agribusiness.
  At a total cost of around 55 million DH, the construction of the olive oil production plant in the Fès-Meknès region will be entirely financed by bank loan, we learn from an official source.
  In this regard, Al Dahra Morocco and Al Dahra Morocco factories, two subsidiaries of the Emirati Group, have (…)

• Morocco Reduces Malnutrition Rate to 3.7%, FAO Praises Progress
  19 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  Morocco’s efforts to reduce and eliminate malnutrition are recognized by Florence Roll, representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Morocco.
  Now having fallen below the 4% mark, Morocco has achieved a feat. In this regard, the FAO Office has taken the opportunity to congratulate the Kingdom for "its efforts" in reducing the "malnutrition rate to 3.7%, which is less than the average recorded in middle-income countries".
  It should be noted that (…)

• UNICEF Report: Over 15,000 Moroccan Children Under 6 Died in 2018 Due to Malnutrition
  20 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  In Morocco, more than 15,000 children under the age of 6 died in 2018, according to the UNICEF report "Children, Food and Nutrition" released on Tuesday, October 15.
  The figures are alarming and yet this reality should alert the health authorities. For UNICEF, this tragedy is caused by the changing living conditions on the planet.
  The same document accuses the food system, which has become dysfunctional to the point of no longer guaranteeing children "the food they need to grow up (…)

• Morocco Destroys 120 Tons of Pesticide-Contaminated Mint in Major Crackdown
  20 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  The first control operations were carried out directly in the mint plantations, recalls Medias24.com and Rabat-Kénitra, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, Casa-Settat, Souss-Massa, Marrakech-Safi and Fès-Meknès are the six major mint-producing regions that have been targeted.
  The result shows that 80% of the samples are non-compliant in terms of pesticides. This is explained by the use of unauthorized products and authorized products at excessive doses, non-compliance with the DAR and the (…)