It was monitored by "food safety" inspectors last year...and 6 administrative penalties await violators

8 most common violations among food establishments in Abu Dhabi

He monitored 6 observations at the level of catering establishments that were violated last year in Al Ain.

From the source

A supervisory report, recently issued by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, revealed that the authority’s inspectors monitored, during the past year, eight types of violations or negative practices that were the most widespread and common among food and catering establishments that were violated in Abu Dhabi, the most prominent of which is the preservation or display of perishable foodstuffs. At an inappropriate temperature and period of time, failure to apply effective programs to control pests, insects and rodents, the existence of unhealthy practices related to the hygiene of the food establishment, and non-compliance of workers with personal hygiene and sound health practices.

While the authority stressed that it would not tolerate penalizing any food or supply facility in violation, stressing that it has a new penalty list, which includes six types of administrative penalties, starting with “drawing attention” in violations of low or medium danger to public health, food safety or security. vital or agricultural sustainability, and ends with “closing the facility temporarily or permanently” in the event of one or more violations being registered.

The report, of which «Emirates Today» obtained a copy, divided the observations that were monitored by the inspection teams of the authority into two categories. "Supply", which included eight types of violations or notes that were recorded against the violating establishments.

According to the report, six violations were detected, which were the most common last year, at the level of retail stores in the city of Abu Dhabi, which included failure to provide the required records and documents, or failure to keep them for the period specified by the authority, and keeping or displaying perishable foodstuffs at a temperature Inappropriate temperature and length of time, failure to apply effective programs to control pests, insects and rodents, unhealthy practices related to the hygiene of the food facility, lack of temperature measuring tools or inefficiency in refrigeration devices, and the presence of ceilings, floors, walls, doors or windows designed or made of Inappropriate materials, difficult to clean, or lack of maintenance in food handling areas.

The report also monitored four violations that were the most common among retail stores in Al Ain, represented in non-compliance with providing the required records and documents, or failure to keep them for the period specified by the authority, and the existence of unhealthy practices related to the hygiene of the food establishment, and improper storage of foodstuffs, And the failure to implement effective programs to combat pests, insects and rodents, while five types of the same violations were monitored in retail stores in Al Dhafra region, which included the presence of unhealthy practices related to the hygiene of the food establishment, incorrect storage of foodstuffs, failure to comply with providing the required records and documents, or failure to keep In the period specified by the authority, the lack of tools to measure temperatures in the refrigeration devices or their inefficiency, and the failure to implement effective programs to combat pests, insects and rodents.

With regard to the most observed observations at the level of catering activities, the authority’s inspection teams monitored eight types of violations in the violating catering establishments in Abu Dhabi, which included non-compliance with providing the required records and documents, or failure to keep them for the period specified by the authority, and the presence of ceilings, floors or Walls, doors, or windows designed or made of inappropriate materials, difficult to clean, or lacking maintenance in food handling areas, unhygienic practices related to food facility hygiene, failure to implement effective programs to control pests, insects, and rodents, improper storage of foodstuffs, and failure to clean Disinfection of equipment, preserving or displaying perishable foodstuffs at an inappropriate temperature and length of time, and non-compliance of food establishment workers with personal hygiene and sound health practices.

The report stated that six observations were made at the level of catering facilities that were violated last year in the city of Al Ain, which included non-compliance with providing the required records and documents, or failure to keep them for the period specified by the authority, and the existence of unhealthy practices related to the hygiene of the food establishment, and incorrect storage. foodstuffs, lack of cleaning and disinfection of equipment, failure to apply effective programs to control pests, insects and rodents, and lack of tools to measure temperatures in refrigeration devices or their inefficiency.

He monitored 6 observations at the level of catering establishments that were violated last year in Al Ain.

À From the source, the new sanctions list includes 6 types of administrative penalties, starting with “drawing attention” and ending with “closing the facility.”

Unhealthy practices

Five types of violations were monitored against catering establishments that were violated last year in the Al Dhafra region, including the existence of unhealthy practices related to the hygiene of the food facility, failure to clean and disinfect equipment, failure to implement effective programs to control pests, insects and rodents, and improper storage of foodstuffs.

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