Al Rayyan Municipality closed two food establishments in September while carrying out a total of 2,869 inspection tours. A statement by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) said the tours resulted in recording 36 violations and one report was transferred to the security authorities. A total of 40 complaints against food establishments were followed up.
Health Control Department inspectors screened 3,265 livestock carcasses in private slaughterhouses and 186kg of meat was destroyed. As many as 76,789kg of vegetables and fruits were destroyed in Al Sailiya market for being unsuitable for human consumption and 46 samples sent to the central laboratory for quality testing.