While preparing to welcome Eid al Adha, the municipalities across Qatar have intensified the checks on food establishments and slaughterhouses and awareness programmes. These, according to an official press statement from the Ministry of Municipality, are initiated in order to ensure the safety of foodstuffs during all stages of the food chain, including storage, transportation, circulation and sale. Also, they aim at checking whether the shops and food establishments meet the required health and quality standards.
At Al Sheehaniya, the Health Control Section of the Municipal Control Department continued its inspection campaigns on food establishments, markets, meat and poultry shops and bakeries. Also, the municipality authorities here, while preparing to welcome Eid al Adha, carried awareness programmes at the slaughterhouses of the municipality to ensure they are properly disinfected. The municipality officials checked various procedures and the safety of workers.
At Al Wakra, Jamal al-Buainain, Director of the Municipal Control Department, in the presence of officials concerned, inspected Al Wakra Central Market to ensure its readiness to work and receive slaughtered animals during the Eid period. The inspection covered production lines and places of slaughter and cutting. These are part of the municipality’s efforts to serve the public and to ensure the safety of slaughtering.
The Health Control Section also carried out an inspection campaign at vegetable and fruit shops and Al-Wakra Central Market. During the campaign, it was ensured that the food shops adhere to the required health requirements. Legal measures were initiated against shops and workers who violate the Human Food Control Law.
The Al Shamal Municipality, represented by the Health Control Department, carried out an inspection campaign on all food outlets and the Al Shamal public slaughterhouse to ensure its readiness to receive public sacrifices during the days of Eid. The campaign covered butchers and shops selling sweets and nuts.
The municipality has also completed its preparations by equipping all gardens and parks where facilities, play areas, water coolers and seating areas have been cleaned. These are in addition to carrying out a campaign to clean and disinfect mosques and prayer grounds.
Educating food delivery companies in Doha about food safety:
The Doha Municipality, represented by the Health Control Department, organised an awareness meeting on the basics of food safety. This was for officials and employees of food delivery companies and it was held as part of the municipality's efforts to raise the level of health and safety for the process of handling, transporting and selling food. This is in the wake of increasing demand for the use of mobile phone applications to request delivery services for foodstuffs and commodities.
At Umm Slal, a team of veterinarians from the Health Control Section, organised an awareness campaign for the public with the aim of introducing ways to ensure the safety and health of animals to be sacrificed. The campaign reminded the importance of slaughtering in slaughterhouses under the supervision of the municipality.
At Al Khor and Al Dhakhira, the Health Control Section is organising several inspection campaigns on food establishments and shops selling sweets, chocolate, nuts, vegetables, and fruits while covering slaughterhouses and butcheries here.
The department's doctors will also be present daily at the fish market in Al Khor where fish will be examined regularly throughout the Eid holiday.
