Lebanon’s pharmacist syndicate president, Dr. Joe Saloum, stated, "We are living in a state of complete blackout regarding health security. Is it reasonable that until now, we have not received any information as a syndicate from any party about adulterated milk for either children or adults, so we could issue a circular prohibiting its distribution as we did with the case of the tampered expiration dates of dietary supplements?" He added that "the quality, efficacy, and standards of medications and anything related to them have become merely a matter of opinion, and may God help the Lebanese people."