Yemeni consumption for meat doesn’t exceed 3 kilos [Archives:2005/885/Local News]

Sana'a- Oct.8 – An Arab report revealed that the Yemeni annual consumption of lean meat doesn't exceed 3 kilos a year. This rate is 68 kilos in Kuwait while the average consumption in the Arab world is 14 kilos. The report said that the average Yemeni consumption of legumes is not more than 3 kilos a year, whereas the average Arab world consumption is 8 kilos.

The report that was prepares by the Arab Union for food Industries pointed out that the Yemeni consumption for milk and milk products is around 18 kilos a year whereas the average rate in the Arab world is 96 kilos.

Concerning fish, the report estimated the par consumption in the Arab World to be 8 kilos a year. It is about 109 kilos in Mauritania and 1.3 in Syria. The par consumption of eggs is 3.5 kilos that is about 70 eggs in a year. The rate varies between 11.3 kilos in the Emirates. The Somali rate is about 2 kilos. This is equal to 4 eggs annually.

The source said that the Arabic food varies from the local, regional and the international. It constitutes the fresh and the processed. Some of the foods keep up with standards while others don't. In present Arabic conditions some of the Arabic food could be checked in Arabic labs against cheating and contamination.
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