The release of a shipment of Egyptian food products detained in Saudi ports

The Egyptian Commercial Office in Jeddah succeeded in releasing a shipment of food products belonging to an Egyptian company that had been detained since the first week of February at King Abdullah Port in Rabigh Governorate, Saudi Arabia. In the Saudi ports, the office made intensive contacts with the concerned Saudi authorities represented by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority to release the shipment, as the office’s efforts resulted in the release of the shipment and the Egyptian company was notified, as well as the National Authority for Food Safety and the Export Council for Food Industries. Dr. Ahmed Maghawry, Head of Commercial Representation, the necessity for Egyptian exporting companies to follow the procedures set by the Saudi authorities for importing food products in order to avoid any problems or losses incurred by Egyptian ...