The Abu Dhabi Food and Agriculture Authority (ADACH) participates in the official Hajj mission of the State in cooperation with the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments as part of its efforts to develop communication and partnership between governmental bodies and institutions with the Authority. The aim is to spread the culture of food safety and to educate pilgrims about the right food patterns for safe handling of foodstuffs to ensure their safety. During the pilgrimage, through the presence of the delegation of the Commission to supervise and inspect the campaigns and meals provided to pilgrims, in addition to ensure that the commitment of food traders to meet the necessary health requirements.
The organization, through its participation in the official pilgrimage of the state, which left Thursday, to the Holy Land, to sensitize pilgrims to the proper practices of safe handling of foodstuffs to avoid corruption and damage, and to familiarize them with the mechanism of storage and storage of fresh and canned food, The awareness of the distribution to the pilgrims of the State in the Holy Land contains some guidelines and healthy rules in dealing with foodstuffs that will maintain the health and safety of pilgrims. The Commission will also organize a number of awareness lectures on food safety from L visits the field of UAE campaigns with the mission.
The official spokesman of the Authority, Eng. Thamer Rashid Al Qasimi, stressed the importance of activating the awareness role and spreading the food culture among the pilgrims about the health and safety of food to ensure their safety and comfort during the pilgrimage period. He pointed to the great role played by the Commission's inspectors accompanying the Hajj mission, Health and safety of food for pilgrims and organizers and supervisors, and control campaigns and sensitize their members in safe ways when providing meals in all holy places, in addition to their main tasks in the field inspection and ensure the cleanliness of the place of preparation of meals and Personal Zafh food traders, and compel them to the need to maintain the cleanliness of the equipment used in the handling of food, cover all food items, as well as checking on the means of transport that operate on the supply of food to places of distribution.
He pointed to the preventive measures taken by the inspectors to protect pilgrims from exposure to food poisoning due to some malpractices. .