Shocking facts .. 3 slaughterhouses in Lebanon out of 160 meet sanitary standards!

She wrote in the newspaper "Al-Akhbar": "Along the eyes and looks, cattle and poultry slaughterhouses extend along Lebanese territory.However, only a small number of they comply with environmental and health standards, especially with regard to the disposal of waste generated.In terms of numbers, only 3 slaughterhouses adhere to these principles, against 20% "agreeing" to comply with them. others continue to "destabilize" the livelihoods of neighbors and provide rivers with solid and liquid waste.

In May, the Ministry of Environment and Industry, in an official decision no. 7060 / T (dated May 2018), gave the unlicensed slaughterhouses a "last" period of three months to regulate their environmental conditions in accordance with health and environmental systems. The relatively small licensee had one year to "take the necessary steps to correct its environmental situation". For the stated purpose, the two ministries at that time wanted to give the slaughterhouses the right to "keep them running smoothly". Imposing on slaughterhouses to "respect the foundations according to 7060 / T" achieves the most important objective, which is to "reduce the cost of environmental degradation resulting from this sector", Especially since slaughterhouses have become a source of pollution in areas where they "reside" and are "pollutants". Rivers, especially the Litani River. In a recent study conducted by the Litani River Authority earlier this year, it was found that "seven large slaughterhouses located in the upper Litani basin contribute to its contamination by emptying its waste, and have sometimes reached the limits of of the catastrophe, after the streams and their tributaries were painted red Blood of the sacrifices. "

The three-month period has expired, but the situation has not changed. The result did not come as neither "the environment" nor "the industry" wanted it. Of the 160 slaughterhouses on Lebanese territory (legal and illegal), only three met the conditions. The latter informed the ministry "of the measures taken to treat the waste," said Olfat Hamdan, head of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Ministry of Environment. The rest, in the "flow" of river beds, groundwater and atmospheric pollutants, in an uncontrollable way. This occurs despite repeated screams of "neighbor killings" in more than one area where it has become difficult to "coexist" with them, the state-of-the-art of the Choueifat region due to the unpleasant odors caused by the presence 17 slaughterhouses and a large group of farms.

It is only in Choueifat, but the problem extends to all Lebanese territory. According to a recent survey by the Ministry of Agriculture, it is easy to talk about the chaos of the slaughterhouse sector and the legitimacy of many of them. According to the survey, there were 60 slaughterhouses of cattle and 100 of poultry, and "very few licensees", the rest existed, as well as other institutions that collapsed in l 39; lack of censorship and law. Of course, this figure does not include "poultry slaughterhouses", which the survey revealed to be around 2000, as well as a large number of small but un-surveyed butcher shops. Sources at the Ministry of Agriculture confirm that the survey "did not cover the entire sector", which means that we are facing "incomplete" figures. However, these figures indicate the reality of the crisis and show at least the "quantity" of the enormous waste produced by these slaughterhouses and shelters, which are thrown at random. It should be noted that exports of slaughterhouse waste can be divided into two parts: solid waste (krush, intestines and animal waste, horns, leather, bones and feathers), and liquids (washing carcbades). blood and water, washing of soil and fat, etc.). According to the Ministry of the Environment, the problem is not solid waste, but "liquid waste." This is a large amount of organic waste that greatly harm the environment. and to human health ".