Food and Drug Administration: Destruction of 1.45 Million kg of Non-compliant Food Materials Until August
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The staff of the Public Institution for Food and Drug Control conducted 44,250 supervisory rounds on food establishments in various regions of the Kingdom since the beginning of the year until the end of August, within the framework of monitoring food safety and the extent of compliance of establishments with the approved health requirements.
The institution said that the Food Directorate also carried out an additional 1,736 supervisory rounds through the sections of factories, circulating food, awareness, guidance, and supervision of the industrial sector, while the supervisory rounds resulted in the closure of 534 establishments, the referral of 471 establishments to the Public Prosecutor, the suspension of 1,613 establishments from work, and the issuance of warnings to 23,940 establishments, according to the nature of the violations.
It pointed to the destruction of about 1,458,386 kg of non-compliant food materials, in addition to 389,753 liters of liquid food materials.
The institution clarified that its specialized staff in the laboratories dealt with 42,099 samples of food materials during the same period and conducted 430,443 laboratory tests to verify their compliance with the approved specifications and technical rules.
The results showed that 38,869 samples were compliant at a rate of 92%, compared to 3,230 non-compliant samples at a rate of 8%, where the necessary measures were taken against the non-compliant samples in accordance with the approved legislation.
The institution added that the Complaints Section dealt with 6,110 complaints and inquiries received from citizens through official channels and took the necessary measures to follow them up.
Rana Awadat, the Director General of the institution, confirmed the continuation of campaigns and supervisory rounds on food establishments in various regions of the Kingdom, according to a methodology based on risk assessment and analysis, to ensure the application of health requirements and the taking of legal measures against violators.
