Egyptian authorities flag food-safety violations across three governorates

Inspection campaigns recently sealed factory production lines in Ismailia and recorded bakery, meat and dairy violations in Cairo and Fayoum.

• The National Food Safety Authority sealed three production lines at an Ismailia factory over rodent droppings and rusted equipment, and closed a slaughterhouse.
• Cairo's supply directorate recorded 106 violations at subsidized bakeries, including short weights and sales above official prices.
• The same Cairo campaign seized 544 kg of meat and poultry slaughtered outside government slaughterhouses.
• Fayoum supply authorities seized 17 tonnes of cheese from an unlicensed plant and 700 kg of tahini of unknown origin lacking expiry data.