The ban on promoting Algerian dates in Morocco reaches parliament

Published 2023년 3월 15일

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A Moroccan parliamentarian, Adel al-Shajari, has raised concerns about the safety of Algerian dates entering Morocco, particularly ahead of Ramadan. He accused these dates of being smuggled and not meeting safety and health standards, and highlighted concerns over their potential carcinogenic content due to the use of banned pesticides and chemicals. These dates, imported from Algeria via Mali and Mauritania, pose a threat to Moroccan consumers and the local date industry, al-Shajari stated, and called on the government to increase market monitoring and protect the local product and consumers.

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Our Moroccan News - Alaa El Mostafawy After voices were raised on social media, warning of the danger that Algerian dates might pose to the health of Moroccans, the issue took on other dimensions, after the parliamentary group for progress and socialism in the House of Representatives entered the line. In this regard, the party's parliamentarian, Adel al-Shajari, called, in a question addressed to the governmental sectors, to the need to "tighten monitoring of the markets to protect them from the flow of smuggled Algerian dates, which lack the minimum standards of safety and health conditions." The parliamentarian for the Al-Kitab Party continued his question by saying: “With the advent of the blessed month of Ramadan approaching, the discussion is renewed about the quality of the most consumed materials in this holy month, on top of which are dates, which are highly sought after by Moroccan families, which raises with it the abundance of the local product, and the achievement of ...

Source: Akhbarona