Jeddah Shuts over 100 Restaurants for Poor Hygienic Conditions
19 October 2018 16:27 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jeddah - The Jeddah municipality closed down more than 100 restaurants and eateries across the city due to poor hygienic conditions. The statement was made by Assistant Mayor Nasser Al-Miteb during his visit to a number of restaurants on Sunday, December 21, 2014.
“The most common violations noticed were the sales of rotten food, items with expired validity dates or without information labels about the source of manufacture. Some facilities were found to have poor storage and handling equipment, invalid licenses and filthy kitchens with insects and rodents,” Miteb said.
He added that the restaurants had been closed temporarily until the owners corrected the irregularities. He also warned that if the outlets were reopened without permission, they would be shuttered again and could only open following an additional fine for violating the closure order.
The site visit report said that out of 1,394 food and water samples taken for testing, 854 samples were found to be good while 540 were of poor quality.
During the inspections, municipal officers also discovered a number of other utilities in violation of the law, such as dress designer shops, fuel stations, tire-changing workshops and shops selling jewelry. The violations included lack of a license or failure to renew the current one, the display of goods outside the shops, poor hygiene and the practice of unlicensed activities.
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