Dubai Municipality and Dubai Health Authority to reveal details of a joint venture in food safety | Dubai Municipality | AMEinfo.com

Dubai Municipality and Dubai Health Authority to reveal details of a joint venture in food safety | Dubai Municipality | AMEinfo.com

Dubai Municipality in cooperation with Dubai Health Authority would reveal the details of the first project at the national level to investigate cases of transmitted food poisoning and diseases during a press conference hosted by Municipality on Wednesday, 5 October2011, 10 am. This was stated by Khalid Sharif Al Awadi, Director of Food Control Department....

Bobby Krishna, Senior Food Studies and Surveys Officer, said the disease surveillance system links hospitals to the food control system. With the disease surveillance system in place, hospitals are able to provide real time reports on suspected foodborne illnesses to the Food Control Department. Investigations are conducted by the department based on these reports.

"Early detection of foodborne disease outbreaks is the key to controlling the spread of diseases - the earlier we detect an outbreak, the lesser will be the number of people who get sick. Such surveillance also provides the Food Control Department with the basis for developing, implementing, and evaluating control policies that will lead to reduced rate of illnesses," he added.

Source : AMEINFO.com