114 kg of food products destroyed in Hawalli

The General Directorate of Criminal Investigations, represented by the Hawalli Governorate Investigations Department and the Salima Investigations 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 operation followed intelligence reports indicating that food was being stored under conditions that breached approved standards and then served to customers. After conducting inquiries and verifying the accuracy of the information, investigators, accompanied by inspectors from the Authority, proceeded to the site, where it was found that the restaurant was operating despite having been previously shut down by the Authority.

The inspection revealed several violations, including operating the establishment after its license had been revoked or expired, opening a facility without a health license, utilizing additional spaces exceeding the licensed area, failing to comply with technical and health requirements, and handling adulterated and untraceable food products. Eleven workers from the restaurant and storage facility were detained, and it was determined 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.