New branch of Chemistry Administration to start operation in Safaga within 2 months

CAIRO - 10 January 2018: Trade and Industry Minister Tareq Kabil said on Wednesday that a new branch for the ministry's Chemistry Administration will be set up in Safaga Port and start operation within the coming two months.

He added that efforts are under way to upgrade the aministration's labs as well as the mechanism of testing industrial products and commodities.

Qabil said there are plans for establishing more labs to cope with the industrial development nationwide.

The administration's head Magdy Fahmy said the administration will upgrade 20 labs to meet the requirements of international accreditation of the 2005/17025 standards in the fields of quality and occupational safety and health.