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المملكة: Urgent: The Kingdom achieves an international achievement by adopting the first standard for fresh dates


The Kingdom has achieved a new international achievement that is added to its pioneering record in the food sector, after the Codex Alimentarius Commission, at its forty-eighth session, which was held during the period from (10 to 14) of this November at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, adopted the first international standard And facilitating international trade by establishing unified and comprehensive standards that contribute to unifying nutritional specifications among member states, and enhancing the reliability of trading dates in global markets.

She stressed "Food and medicine" This achievement embodies the Kingdom’s pioneering technical and regulatory expertise in developing international standards and specifications, noting that the adoption of this standard contributes to supporting the competitiveness of Saudi dates and expanding their spread globally, which reflects positively on the growth of the national economy and the development of non-oil exports, within the framework of the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 aimed at consolidating the Kingdom’s position as a global center for date production and trade.

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