JEDDAH: With the aim to provide safe and secure food products to its residents, the Jeddah Municipality has seized five tons of expired food products from the Sawarikh market in southern city, said Engineer Mohamed Al-Zahrani, head of the southern branch of the Jeddah Municipality.
In a second raid of the season, the seized items included 1,200 kilo of samosas and rotten kanafeh that were prepared illegally to distribute in the market during Ramadan.
Al-Zahrani said inspections and raids at the instance of the municipality on illegal shops are performed according to the instructions of the Jeddah governorate and municipality head to protect residents, citizens and visitors, and to keep a close eye on food safety and security, especially during the month of Ramadan.
The municipality, he said, is keen to monitor the restaurants, kitchens, food shops and suppliers of chocolates, biscuits, sweets and other food items in the market to maintain a healthy environment and will seize anything that is expired or not fit for consumption such as the food being sold by African merchants on the streets. These efforts come in the wake of the municipality’s campaign to ensure that quality food is prepared at the city’s eateries.
The municipality wants to ensure the safety of all food sold to citizens, residents and visitors to the city, which would ultimately help in reducing cases of food poisoning especially given that 75 percent of all illnesses suffered are food-related.
In a second raid of the season, the seized items included 1,200 kilo of samosas and rotten kanafeh that were prepared illegally to distribute in the market during Ramadan.
Al-Zahrani said inspections and raids at the instance of the municipality on illegal shops are performed according to the instructions of the Jeddah governorate and municipality head to protect residents, citizens and visitors, and to keep a close eye on food safety and security, especially during the month of Ramadan.
The municipality, he said, is keen to monitor the restaurants, kitchens, food shops and suppliers of chocolates, biscuits, sweets and other food items in the market to maintain a healthy environment and will seize anything that is expired or not fit for consumption such as the food being sold by African merchants on the streets. These efforts come in the wake of the municipality’s campaign to ensure that quality food is prepared at the city’s eateries.
The municipality wants to ensure the safety of all food sold to citizens, residents and visitors to the city, which would ultimately help in reducing cases of food poisoning especially given that 75 percent of all illnesses suffered are food-related.
