Health control

03 Shaʿbān 1440

The Municipality of Qatif Governorate has carried out 880 visits during the last month of 2010, as part of the Municipality's work in the provisions of health supervision on all food establishments through the tours carried out by the Municipality of Qatif Governorate and its municipalities (Safwa, Seihat, Tarout, Al Qadeh) has made efforts to carry out a number of inspection tours of restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, buffets and food shops, which comes in line with the campaign of your food, launched by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs. The mayor of the province of Qatif, Engineer Ziad bin Mohammed Mughrabal, said that the municipality conducted a number of tours and inspection visits to grocery stores and shops selling food and buffets last month to ensure the application of municipal and health requirements. And destroyed 36080 kg of different foodstuffs and 17 liters of expired or poorly stored or unfit for human consumption, and fines for these violations, as part of the campaign «Your food - honesty» launched by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs in cooperation with all secretariats and municipalities kingdom. He pointed out that the municipality seeks to intensify the control through the campaign on the shops and public health, as it comes within the rounds of the municipal control intensive to ensure the application of municipal requirements and the commitment of all health facilities. He pointed out that the municipality seeks in the first place to maintain public health by implementing regulations and instructions and comply with the list of municipal requirements, calling at the same time to cooperate citizens and residents in reporting the observations and violations through the center (940).