Remedia effect: The Knesset's Economic Affairs Committee held an emergency meeting

The committee demanded that theattorney-general and the state's attorney meet with Health Ministry representatives within 48 hours and reach an agreement
 
The Knesset's Economic Affairs Committee held an emergency meeting last week to discuss the Remedia affair and try to settle the ongoing dispute between the Justice Ministry and the Health Ministry.
 
The dispute is over the state attorney's indictment of Health Ministry inspectors at the port of Haifa and Ashdod, in the Remedia affair, which has, so far, delayed the clearance of essential imported food products for several weeks.
 
Committee chairman MK Gilad Erdan who led the hearing, which examined the implications of the food productsbeing delayed noted that Port delays causing 'serious damage' to the national economy.
 
Dr. Boaz Lev, assistant director-general of the Health Ministry, said at the meeting that in his opinion, the Ministry employees acted in accordance with Ministry rules and regulations.
 
The committee demanded that theattorney-general and the state's attorney meet with Health Ministry representatives within 48 hours and come to an agreement regarding clear instructions for the inspectors. 
 
Committee chairman emphasized that if the two sides failed to meet, the committee members would begin to draft amendments to the law, making the state - and not the importers - responsible for shouldering the added costs of the delays at the ports.