DUBAI: How to eat safe during Ramadan - (GulfNews)
August 18, 2008 – 12:37 amThe second phase of Dubai Municipality’s food safety campaign will focus on Iftar meals during Ramadan.
Ramadan tents will be inspected by the municipality to ensure that food hygiene standards are being met.
Khalid Sharif Al Awadi, director of the food control department at the municipality, said: “We will have a food safety programme during Ramadan. For Iftar meals, we will concentrate on activities in hotels and restaurants that have tents. The inspections will be according to the law on hygiene standards.”
Al Awadi continued that guidelines have been distributed to restaurants and hotels that will be erecting temporary tents, detailing how different types of food should be kept and served.
“In places with this temporary activity, food should be temperature-controlled depending on what type of food it is: whether it is hot or cold,” he said.
Dubai Municipality launched the first phase of its food safety campaign in April, under the banner “Food Safety […]
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