Dubai restaurants advised to improve hygiene standards

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Restaurants in Dubai are under pressure to improve their food and hygiene standards with the Dubai Municipality intensifying monitoring after an uproar over the recent deaths of two children through food poisoning.

Following a few cases of food poisoning reported from Dubai, the most famous of which resulted in the deaths of siblings Chelsea and Nathan D’Souza last month, the Dubai Municipality has stepped up its inspection of restaurants and other eateries and advised many of them to improve quality standards. The municipality also recently conducted a food safety awareness campaign under the banner “Food Safety is our Priority”.
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