SFDA intensified its control efforts on food organizations during Eid Al Fitre holidays. SFDA prepared a control plan which included increased inspection visits to food organizations and in particular sweets factories that have dozens of branches in different regions. SFDA checked and confirmed compliance of such factories with health requirements related to production of these foods, validity of the raw materials and finished products before sending them to markets during Eid.

Meat and poultry topped the list of violating foods detected by SFDA inspectors at the points of entry during Rajab and Sha’ban, totaling 267137 kg out of 1568 ton of violating foods rejected at the points of entry during that period.

SFDA inspectors found two warehouses in Dammam and Jeddah, vilating the conditions of food storage, where SFDA found about 59 thousand kilograms of rotting and expired food.

​​SFDA placed a number of recommendations and solutions to prevent irregularities in the subsistence kitchens in Makkah, and food facilities within the scope of Makkah and Medina.

​SFDA hosted recently, the twenty-third meeting of the Committee on Food Safety in Gulf Countries, and the second preparatory meeting of the Committee, in Jeddah, in the presence of representatives Commission Members.