{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Minister pushes ahead with food safety campaign despite backlash' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c1b6d8eafeecae1543df' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c1b6d8eafeecae1543df' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nMinister pushes ahead with food safety campaign despite backlash\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eA \"name and shame\" campaign against supermarkets and restaurants with poor health standards has rocked the Lebanese food industry. However, Lebanon's Health Minister has agreed to review some of the results after several accused outlets...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eA \"name and shame\" campaign against supermarkets and restaurants with poor health standards has rocked the Lebanese food industry. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever, Lebanon's Health Minister has agreed to review some of the results after several accused outlets complained about the testing process.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe \"name and shame\" campaign has been divisive in Lebanon. \u003cbr/\u003eBut some in the food industry welcome the minister's aggressive campaign.\u003cbr/\u003eThey include falafel restaurant owner Abdullah Atin.\u003cbr/\u003eHis business has not been accused of poor standards. \u003cbr/\u003eAtin says there is too much corruption.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is the wrong. When people know a politician, they invite him. He eats their food and \"Oh, this place is clean!\" After one month or two people start getting sick. Why? Because of corruption.\"\u003cbr/\u003eDespite anger from elsewhere in the food industry, Health Minister, Wael Abu Faour, seems unrepentant about the campaign. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Of course, we will press on. All restaurants, supermarkets, slaughterhouses, farms bovine and poultry butchers will be investigated,\" he says.  \u003cbr/\u003eEven some of Faour's ministerial colleagues have turned on him - Tourism Minister Michel Pharaon earlier accused him of ruining the tourism industry by exposing alleged unsafe food establishments. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Health Ministry listed all the restaurants and supermarkets which it claimed had failed the latest health and sanitation inspection - in an attempt to shame them into reform. \u003cbr/\u003eSome of Lebanon's biggest supermarkets such as Spinneys and TSC, as well as several international fast food chains, appeared on the initial lists. \u003cbr/\u003eOf all the national chains concerned, only one issued a statement last week. \u003cbr/\u003eRoadster diner's Food Safety Manager, Jana Majzoub said in the written statement: \"Roadster diner receives its products fresh on a daily basis and takes all the necessary control measures to prevent food safety hazards.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCalls made to Spinneys, TSC and Bou Khalil supermarket were left unanswered.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think now people are convinced. Others are abiding even if they are not convinced that this is a law that should be implemented on everyone,\" says Faour.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, the minister does seem to be trying to mend ties with some of the affected businesses, holding a meeting with some of those involved and listening to their concerns. \u003cbr/\u003e\"TSC, Spinneys, Supermarket Bou Khalil, Fahed supermarket all of them and others came to the ministry to fix up what was wrong in their shops and now we are testing them again,\" says Faour.\u003cbr/\u003eFaour's name and shame campaign follows a wave of health scandals in the Lebanese food industry. \u003cbr/\u003eIn 2013, the owners of the Al Natour Company received two year prison sentences for selling spoiled meat to 190 restaurants and supermarkets.\u003cbr/\u003eCo-owner Samih Al-Natour says his warehouse was inspected again this year.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There was a problem and they told me I was selling expired meat,\" says Al-Natour inside his butcher shop near the Palestinian camp of Sabra. \u003cbr/\u003e\"So we went to the ministry and complained. It was unfair and we asked the inspector who confirmed that we didn't have any expired meat. He showed us the pictures they took and we proved to him that it wasn't spoiled meat.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWhile some suppliers, restaurants and supermarkets may not be happy, the Health Minister says the crackdown is meant to benefit everyday consumers.  \u003cbr/\u003eHe says people should be able to trust that their food is safe. \u003cbr/\u003eThere is also a push to ensure the safety of those responsible for checking food samples.\u003cbr/\u003eHealth inspectors were attacked in Sabra on Sunday while collecting samples for testing. \u003cbr/\u003eThe attackers have not yet been identified.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBeirut, Lebanon - 20 November 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of falafel frying in a pan\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Abdullah Atin restaurant owner, frying falafel\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of Atin pouring white sauce on falafel wraps\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Abdullah Atin, Restaurant owner: \u003cbr/\u003e\"This is the wrong. When people know a politician, they invite him. He eats their food and \"Oh, this place is clean!\" After one month or two people start getting sick. Why? Because of corruption.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Cutaway of Atin in his restaurant\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close-up of Atin pointing at a falafel, UPSOUND: (Arabic) Abdullah Atin, Restaurant owner: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Inside there are only good ingredients, take it to any inspector and I dare him to tell you that it isn't fresh. If so, I will close my shop and go home.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of microphones at news conference\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of journalists\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Wael Abu Faour, Health Minister: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Of course, we will press on. All restaurants, supermarkets, slaughterhouses, farms bovine and poultry butchers will be investigated.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway of ministry advisor listening on\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of TSC Plus supermarket in Hamra\u003cbr/\u003e12. Long shot of woman inside supermarket, seen through window \u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of supermarket employees stocking shelves\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of McDonalds on Bliss Street in Hamra \u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of people walking out of McDonalds\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Wael Abu Faour, Health Minister: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think now people are convinced. Others are abiding even if they are not convinced that this is a law that should be implemented on everyone.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of Faour talking to restaurant representatives in his office\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of Faour talking to a restaurant representative in his office\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Wael Abu Faour, Health Minister: \u003cbr/\u003e\"TSC, Spinneys, Supermarket Bou Khalil, Fahed supermarket all of them and others came to the ministry to fix up what was wrong in their shops and now we are testing them again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of butchers hanging meat in freezer\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close-up of meat hanging in freezer\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid of Samih Al Natour, Al Natour Company, speaking on phone\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Samih Al-Natour, Al Natour Company: \u003cbr/\u003e\"There was a problem and they told me I was selling expired meat. So we went to the ministry and complained. It was unfair and we asked the inspector who confirmed that we didn't have any expired meat. He showed us the pictures they took and we proved to him that it wasn't spoiled meat.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close-up of butcher cutting meat at the Al Natour slaughterhouse\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close-up of butcher's face \u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of meat on display in freezer\u003cbr/\u003e27. Various of man cutting and preparing doner kebab\u003cbr/\u003e28. Various of people eating\u003cbr/\u003e29. 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