LEBANON – Minister of Industry Joe Issa Al Khoury confirmed in a joint press conference with the President of the Association of Industrialists and the unions of food and pharmaceutical manufacturers that:

"The ministry will work to ensure fuel supply for all factories, and a joint crisis cell has been formed to secure food and medicine safety”.

He added: "We are working to prevent any shortage, disruption, or exploitation. The pharmaceutical sector has a stock covering at least 3 months, raw materials for medicines cover at least 8 months, and the food industry stock covers at least 4 months”.