Doha, October 24 (QNA) – The Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Municipal Affairs sector, organized today an extensive awareness meeting with all home food delivery companies, with the aim of raising awareness of the health requirements and standards that must be met at all stages of the food chain, especially the final stage, in order to provide safe and secure food.
The meeting, attended by a number of directors of municipalities, directors of municipal control departments, heads of health control departments in all municipalities, and a number of specialized inspectors, included a presentation on the health requirements and standards to be met by the means of transportation of food delivery companies.
In the Ministry of Municipality’s speech delivered by director of Municipal Control department at Al Sheehaniya municipality Majed Al Zeidan, he confirmed that food delivery companies have recently become an integral part of the stages of the food chain, stressing that the coming period will witness a high demand from customers for electronic applications for food delivery, coinciding with the imminent hosting of major events by the State of Qatar, which requires increasing awareness of health aspects in order to preserve the health and safety of all citizens, residents and visitors.
Al Zeidan highlighted that providing safe and secure food to all customers is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Municipality, believing in the importance of activating the awareness role, building capacities, and unifying efforts among all partners, adding that this awareness meeting comes as a complement to the mini-meetings organized by each municipality separately with food delivery companies within its administrative boundaries during the past weeks.
(QNA)