Where’s the beef?

ENAR

The most conspicuous result of Beirut Governor Ziad Chebib’s November decision to close the city’s main slaughterhouse because of unsanitary conditions is the lack of impact it had on the market. The price of cattle and sheep meat remained stable as supply was, apparently, completely uninterrupted. [pullquote]Chebib says he does not know where the butchers who were using the slaughterhouse are currently practicing their trade[/pullquote] “Are you still eating the meat in Lebanon?” Chebib asks Executive. After receiving an affirmative reply, he continues, “this means the market is in chaos.” Chebib says he does not know where the butchers who were using the slaughterhouse are currently practicing their trade, but notes that if there are more slaughterhouses in Beirut, “they are illegal.” He says that the Municipality of Beirut’s 13 health inspectors are on the lookout for outlaw abattoirs and insists his decision to shutter the slaughterhouse was not directly