Doha Municipality has been carrying out daily inspection campaigns on various commercial activities related to food handling to ensure their compliance with the required health regulations, stressed Najlaa Abdulrahman al-Hail, head of the Health Control Section at the Doha Municipality.
She told local Arabic daily Arrayah that such inspections are conducted through a 24-hour shift system in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr, ensuring continuous and effective monitoring using the latest inspection tools and equipment to achieve the highest food safety standards.
Field workshops are being organised to raise health awareness among workers in the food establishments and facilities. The inspection campaigns also extend to women beauty salons, barber shops, and laundries, with awareness programmes for workers on the health requirements stipulated in Ministerial Decision No 38 for 2025 regarding non-medical public health standards.
Al-Hail said that the Health Control section has conducted over 12,000 inspection rounds during the holy month of Ramadan. These inspections covered all commercial activities and several areas in Doha and the Industrial Area, resulting in issuing more than 50 violation reports in accordance with Law No. 8 of 1990 on the regulation of human food control and the removal of these violations. The section also worked on correcting the violators' situations to arrive at satisfactory settlements. The awareness campaigns targeted more than 8,000 workers in the food establishments, salons, and laundries to ensure compliance with the required health standards.
