Tanzania meat attracts Mideast buyers

Kenya Meat Commission’s plant

Workers prepare beef at the Kenya Meat Commission’s plant. Tanzania is targeting the Middle East market for its beef. PHOTO  | FILE | NMG



A Saudi Arabian delegation led by the kingdom’s Food and Drug Authority inspector, Ahmed Alhajouj, was in Tanzania this past week to inspect abattoirs and hold talks with the Tanzania Bureau of Standards as the kingdom seeks new beef producers.

This followed a meeting between President Samia Suluhu and Saudia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan two months ago in Dar es Salaam, where livestock products were top on the agenda of their talks.