Inspections to be conducted to ensure food safety
The municipality will launch an intensive campaign during Eid to ensure the safety standard of food and vegetables
Sharjah: The municipality will launch an intensive campaign during Eid to ensure the safety standard of food and vegetables sold in markets and restaurants, a senior municipality official announced yesterday.
Sultan Al Mualla, Director General of Sharjah Municipality, told Gulf News that the inspection campaign is carried in cooperation with the Public Health Department at Sharjah Municipality, and municipality inspectors will work for round the clock during the holidays to ensure that all food available in the market is fit for human consumption.
"Inspections will also be intensified in ports and airports to ensure that live birds and live stock are not carrying diseases that could be transmitted from animals to humans.
The inspectors also are instructed to conduct unannounced visits to restaurants, cafeteria and other food outlets to ensure they are abiding by health regulation and hygiene," explained Al Mualla.
Emergency services
Emergency sections will be working round the clock during the Eid holiday, Sultan Al Mualla, Director General of Sharjah Municipality, said. "Municipality employees will be deployed in streets and inspectors will also patrol highways and roads to capture stray animals," he added.
