Sultanate’s biggest food and hospitality show kicks off
ROME: The Sultanate, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, participated in the forty-fifth session of FAO Committee on World Food Security, being held in Rome, Italy, from October 15 to 19. The delegation of the Sultanate is led by Dr Fuad bin Jaafar al Sajwani, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. The conference discussed food security, malnutrition, and the relationship between migration, agriculture and rural development. — ONA The Sultanate’s biggest food and hospitality trade event got off to a good start at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday.
Opened by Ahmed bin Nasser bin Hamad al Mehrzi, Tourism Minister, the three-day Food and Hospitality Exhibition has over 400 top local and international brands from 20 exhibiting countries on display.
Drawn from close to 100 companies, the products include food and beverages, ingredients and seasoning, food processing technology, agriculture and fisheries, kitchen and catering equipment, packaging systems, HORECA furniture, resort and spa facilities, hotel décor, hotel and hospitality technologies segments.
A special attraction this year is the first-time participation of Belarusian companies under the theme ‘Belarus — The Taste of Nature’. These companies are producers of meat and dairy products as well as food products. “We are very happy to participate in the exhibition. It is a good platform for introducing our product range to the local market,” said Anatoliy Belyavskiy, director of Primemilk, a Belarus company which specialises in the production of functional wheybased ingredients.
Apart from Belarus, there are exhibitors from China, Egypt, India, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand and the UAE.