The Abu Dhabi Authority for Agriculture and Food Safety implements inspection and awareness campaigns on food establishments in Abu Dhabi, as part of its preparations for the holy month of Ramadan, enhancing the level of food safety in the emirate, and ensuring that food establishments adhere to health requirements and generalizations regarding precautionary measures, regarding prevention of the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) And, monitoring and correcting the wrong practices through the approved procedures, in a way that ensures reaching the highest levels of food safety to achieve the welfare and safety of society.
The authority stated that during the month of Ramadan, it will focus on food stores, distribution centers, suppliers and retail stores, and determine its readiness to meet the nutritional needs of society in accordance with the best foundations and standards for food safety, and the formation of a team to follow up on establishments ’commitment to implementing measures to prevent the emerging corona virus, confirming that it will take measures Strict if monitoring of incompatibilities affects food safety.
She pointed out that the inspection teams will tighten control over storage and display areas, to ensure that health and food safety standards are applied in them, and educate workers about the most important good practices that ensure food safety, such as dealing with food in healthy ways in terms of preservation and storage, and pay attention to the general hygiene of the preparation areas, and make them aware The importance of maintaining personal health and hygiene, providing the necessary disinfection and sterilization materials in the facility, paying attention to hand washing in designated facilities, commitment to wearing protective clothing, such as headgear, masks and gloves, and caring for closing door openings and Windows, especially in storage areas.
During the past few days, the Authority carried out, within its campaigns, more than 21,000 inspection visits to food establishments in the emirate, targeting establishments providing food and preparing food outlets and food outlets, in addition to establishments that provide other food activities, and the visits resulted in verifying that 18,388 establishments met the necessary requirements , And alerting 106 installations, and warning 458 other establishments, in addition to issuing 1989 a final warning to establishments that do not comply with the instructions and requirements, and implementing 54 violations procedures for a number of other facilities.