Dubai supermarkets start direct food safety messaging at deli counters

Posted: September 4th, 2009 - 1:32pm by Doug Powell

Dubai is hot, with daytime highs at this time of year regularly exceeding 40C (104 F). Local public health types determined that with the super shopping mega malls, people were buying food, placing it in the incubators they called cars, and then some more leisurely shopping.

So, after a few meetings, all supermarkets in Dubai will now be offering warnings, similar to these, regarding ready-to-eat foods. The sign says, 'Cold Food Consume Immediately Or Refrigerate Within One Hour.'

Cool stuff.
 

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Categories: Food Safety Policy, Listeria
Tags: Communication, Consumers, Dubai, Refrigerate

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allan stirling says:

Just imagine day time temperatures next door in Doha also at 39C these days with high humidity. Also imagine the pot luck style Iftar dinners where food is being whipped up and transported in vehicles during Ramadan for large gatherings. Furthermore, when the school year starts for children in the next two weeks after Ramadan the thought of 75% of these schools who have catered in lunches. Changing food safety practices and food safety culture has a long way to go next door in Qatar.

Posted on September 14th, 2009 - 4:03am

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