KUWAIT CITY, Aug 21: The Community Nutrition Affairs Sector at the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) recently organized a workshop entitled, “Food Safety and Shopping for Students Employed during Summer,” in cooperation with Dahiya and Mansouriya Cooperative Society.

According to the secretary of the Supreme Committee for Food Safety at the authority; the committee decided during its meeting No. 7/2024 to lift the ban on importing fresh, chilled, processed, and frozen poultry meat of all types, derivatives, and products, including table eggs; given the end of the outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu disease in some places in the United States of America.

On the other hand, the committee banned the import of fresh, chilled, processed, and frozen poultry meat of all types, derivatives, and products, including table eggs; unless they are heat-treated at 70 degrees Celsius, due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in some areas in Iowa and Minnesota.

Meanwhile, the Capital Governorate inspectors issued 30 violation citations and closed 12 food establishments during their recent inspection campaign. The inspectors uncovered various violations like selling food items found to be unfit for human consumption due to changes in their natural properties such as the color, shape, and smell, as well as adulterated food; selling food without obtaining a health certificate; hiring workers who have no health certificate; non-compliance with the rules and regulations on public sanitation at work; and operating a food establishment without obtaining a license from the authority.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff and Agencies