Non-compliant restaurant and 11 workers seized for violating health regulations

The Ministry of Interior announced that the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation, represented by the Criminal Investigation Department of Hawalli Governorate and the Salima Criminal Investigation Office, in cooperation with the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition, seized a restaurant and a food storage facility that violated health regulations in the Salima area, as part of security efforts to protect public health and combat activities that contravene the law.

The Ministry of Interior stated in a press release that the operation followed intelligence reports regarding the storage of food items under conditions that breached approved standards and their subsequent sale to customers.

After conducting investigations and verifying the accuracy of the information, investigators, accompanied by inspectors from the Authority, proceeded to the site. It was found that the restaurant was operating despite having been previously shut down by the Authority.

The statement added that the inspection revealed several violations, including operating the establishment after the cancellation or expiration of its license, opening a facility without a health permit, utilizing additional spaces exceeding the licensed area, failing to comply with technical and health requirements, and handling adulterated and untraceable food products.

Eleven workers at the restaurant and storage facility were apprehended. It was also discovered that eight of them were working without health certificates issued by the competent authorities, in violation of regulations governing employment and food handling.

The Public Authority for Food and Nutrition destroyed 114 kilograms of adulterated food and issued 18 violation notices regarding the observed infractions.