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The number of food shipments coming to Dubai through Dubai ports during the first half of the current year amounted to 142,010 shipments, and the applications for the food label during the same period were 5128 requests. The companies registered and trained to use the electronic system of import and export (FIRS) reached to 649 companies, and the samples collected for laboratory analysis from imported consignments reached to 9,961. DM has issued during the same period nearly 34,049 export health certificate for food shipments exported to the Gulf countries and the world. The civic body completed registration of 25,547 food items electronically through a unique global system for the purpose of monitoring.
Eng. Hussein Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality said that any food item should be registered under the regulatory system for the monitoring of domestic and imported food. The system follows up the food from port to storage as well as handling. It provides clear and accurate statistics on the type of food, results of samples, risk ratios in the material, and dates of sampling. "The system helps inspectors to see the information about merchant, shipment, code number, components and food additives in the food material as well as the whereabouts of this product in the country," he added. The municipality began applying new specification on the Law of the food label and the new law of the validity period in GCC adopted by GSO, ESMA and other food regulatory organization in the country.
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