The Municipality of Al Khor & Al Thakhira shut down 16 commercial shops for violating Law No. 8 of 1990 on the regulation of human food control.
Doha: The Municipality of Al Khor & Al Thakhira has conducted 4,267 inspection drives during the first half of this year. It has also shut down 16 commercial shops for violating Law No. 8 of 1990 on the regulation of human food control.
During this period, veterinarians also inspected 13,722 slaughtered animals at the Municipality’s abattoirs, among 241 were destroyed.
The veterinarians also checked more than 1m kg of fish at the fish market and Fardat Al Khor, and destroyed 4,000kg which were founded unfit for human consumption. The Health inspectors at the Health Monitoring Section checked 997,000 boxes of vegetables and fruits at Al Khor and Al Thakhira yard for selling local agricultural products.
The inspectors also conduct daily visits to review the manufacturing phases and their compliance with health requirements, in addition of taking samples and sending them to the central laboratory to ensure their safety and compliance with the Qatar specifications. Since the beginning of this year, about 105 samples were sent to the central laboratory.
Meanwhile, the Department has received 36 complaints and took the necessary procedures in this regard.
