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Trainers Prepared to Teach Safe Food Handling Techniques

July 12, 2007

An engineer explains how to prepare ready-to-eat vegetables for sale...

About 40 trainers from across Lebanon attended a course in food handling and quality control sponsored by the U.S. Government. The course covered topics ranging from harvesting techniques and food safety to market preparation. The trainers are now qualified to train others in the techniques, spreading the know-how throughout the country.

U.S.-trained Lebanese engineers delivered the course. It is part of a two-year, $8.3 million USAID program to strengthen agriculture, create jobs and bring more income to rural areas in Lebanon. It is carried out by CHF International. To date, more than 8,000 farmers, exporters, students and retailers have benefited from the program.

For the most up-to-date information on U.S. assistance to Lebanon, please read the Lebanon Situation Reports available at http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/

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