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<\/a> Companies exporting food to the GCC face new regulations imposed Wednesday by the Agriculture Ministry<\/strong> after the Kuwaiti government suspended on Tuesday its imports of a number of Egyptian products that did not meet the required health standards, Youm7 reported<\/a>. The Agriculture Ministry had promised last month<\/a> to issue new quality control measures for exported goods, acknowledging that the excessive use of pesticides in Egyptian farming has been a particularly thorny issue, after the UAE halted Egyptian pepper imports for that reason.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Companies exporting food to the GCC face new regulations imposed Wednesday by the Agriculture Ministry after the Kuwaiti government suspended on Tuesday its imports of a number of Egyptian products that did not meet the required health standards, Youm7 reported. 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