Flour crisis looms in Lebanon as several mills halt operation


By Eblt
  • World
  • Wednesday, 06 Apr 2022

BEIRUT, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Several wheat mills in southern Lebanon have halted operation, threatening 50 percent of the Lebanese market's flour supply, local media reported Tuesday.

Head of Bakeries Syndicate in Mount Lebanon Antoine Seif told Lebanon's MTV channel on Tuesday that three mills stopped working after a shipment of wheat from Ukraine was exposed to moisture.

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