To ensure every citizen's
right to access information
To impose an explicit nutritional label on white bread bags,
thereby making the alimentary composition transparent and
available to all
The AMIDEAST/United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) funded the "Bread Safety" project which
took place from August 2010 to February 2011.
Working in partnership with the Ministry of Industry's LIBNOR,
responsible for developing and implementing standards in
Lebanon, PCDD collected dozens of random bread samples
from various regions in Lebanon to be tested for their
components.
After receiving the unsafe results from the laboratory, PCDD launched its campaign to inform the Lebanese society of the
obtained Result, knowing that the lack of information impedes
citizens' ability to assess the problem they face.
This was followed by many months of advocacy, awareness and
media campaigns all over the Lebanese territory.
After months of lobbying and awareness e orts, decree No. 82/1/a
was issued by the Ministry of Economics imposing safety standards
on flour for bakeries to abide by, A few months later, the Ministry
of Industry/LIBNOR announced the readiness of the standard for
Lebanese bread numbered NL 240:201. Detailed nutrition facts
compatible with international standards were finally imposed on
Lebanese white bread, resulting in us achieving our ultimate goal!
