Dubai Municipality to participate in Gulfood

Khalid Mohammed Shareef, Assistant Director of Public Health Department and Head of Food Control Section said the Municipality is participating for the fifth time in the exhibition, whichý has stalls of many global companies in theý field of food products and food processing machinery.

The Exhibition profile includes Food and Beverage, Food Processing Machinery, Hotel Equipment, Refrigeration Equipment, Foodservice Equipment, Hotel Supplies & Services, Food Packaging, Labeling Equipment, Coding and Measuring Equipment, Disposable Items, Hospitality Information Systems, and Bakery & Confectionery products/Equipment.

Shareef said the Municipality's participation in this type of an exhibition is aimed at supporting and offering consultancy to these companies on the rules, specifications, procedures and monitoring systems regarding the safety of the foodstuff that is currently circulated in the country and produced here.

"By the participation of the Municipality in the exhibition during the previous years we felt that the companies investing in the foodstuff business need to be briefed further on the rules and regulations as well as the hygiene specifications of the country," he said.

Shareef added that this role is bestowed upon the Municipality as it provides details of the rules and specifications approved by the Food Control Section in this regard.

He said the Food Control Section will give two presentations in this year's exhibition. The first presentation will be for the 50-odd American foodstuff companies and the second for the 55-odd Australian foodstuff companies. During the presentations, rules and regulations for importing foodstuff will be explained in detail. In addition to this, a working group will be available at the exhibition to explain the procedures of the Municipality.