UAE- Cafe ordered shut 24 others warned in Fujairah

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The violations included display and sale of food items after their expiry dates; not having the required documents in the shop such as the trade licence.

Fujairah — The Fujairah Municipality ordered the closure of a café for a week for violating the health and hygiene conditions and served warning notices on 24 other cafes for flouting various rules last year.

Fatima Al Maksah Head of the Public Health Section said inspection teams carried out 99 campaigns last year during which 19 types of law violations were recorded. The violations included display and sale of food items after their expiry dates; not having the required documents in the shop such as the trade licence the file of inspection visits health cards to prove the respective workers were medically fit; not having or not renewing pest control contracts; and using the café as accommodation for the workers.

Al Maksah discussed these details during a workshop organised by the section in collaboration with the legal affairs section for the owners of cafes and tobacco distributors in the emirate. “The municipality is keen on preserving and protecting public health and public safety” she said.

“My department seeks to carry out several awareness and familiarisation programmes with the aim of improving the culture and health awareness among the workers in cafes through Wyak a 24-hour service that sends short messages and corrective images on serious violations as well as clampdowns on cafes and other food outlets to curb health hazards and violations.”

Abdullah Khalaf Director of the Legal Affairs Department at the municipality said the workshop was also designed to educate the attendees about Federal Law No. 15 of 2009 on combating tobacco and the ministerial resolution No. 24 of 2013 on the law’s executive regulations.

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