📰 3 sources 4 articles · 12 Nov 2026, 09:06 → 21 minutes ago

State Security seizes 330 kg of unfit meat in Sidon

An announcement was made about the seizure of about 330 kilograms of meat and animal products in Lebanon; it later emerged that the operation was carried out by the Southern Regional Directorate – Sidon Office of the State Security apparatus during an inspection tour of meat shops and central refrigerators in Sidon. The tour recorded violations in storage and preservation methods, the seized quantity was destroyed at the landfill, and a shop owner was arrested.

📍 Where things stand: The seized quantity was destroyed at the landfill and the authorities arrested the shop owner, with no further information on the investigation or subsequent measures.

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12 Nov 2026, 09:06 MTV Lebanon announced the seizure of 330 kilograms of spoiled meat and published photos documenting the confiscated quantity, without mentioning the location of the seizure or the entity that carried it out.
12 Nov 2026, 09:10 The "Lebanon Debate" platform reported that a State Security force seized 330 kilograms of meat and recorded violations inside a number of meat shops.
12 Nov 2026, 09:10 The Southern Regional Directorate – Sidon Office of the General Directorate of State Security, supported by a health inspector from the Ministry of Health, carried out an inspection tour of meat shops and central refrigerators in Sidon and recorded violations in storage and preservation methods. The tour resulted in the seizure of about 330 kilograms of animal products that did not meet health conditions and their destruction at the landfill, and in the arrest of the shop owner, identified as (M. J.), a Syrian national, for selling non-compliant meat.

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