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Dubai shutdowns 25% of shawarma outlets

The Dubai Municipality has shut down a whopping 141 establishments which consist the 25% of all the shawarma shops in the city.

These said shops were closed down after they failed to practice the newly introduced hygiene requirement by the Municipality. These new requirements were rolled out after some stores prepare shawarma, as well as, store its ingredients in unhealthy conditions and places.

Dubai had imposed 29 new conditions for the preparation and sale of shawarma in food establishments, giving business owners six months to improve their conditions.

Sultan Ali Al Tahir, Head of Food Inspection Section in the Food Safety Department of Dubai Municipality, in a report by the Khaleej Times, said that out of the 573 shawarma outlets in Dubai, 425 were found to be compliant with their hygiene rules, while seven were in the process of applying for the requirements.

“Many of these outlets do not properly store the components, leaving them at high temperatures, especially when summer is approaching, which contributes to the proliferation of bacteria. Some medium or small restaurants do not have enough space to isolate the ingredients used in the preparation of shawarma sandwiches, and place them near the meat and chicken, which causes the occurrence of cross-contamination between meat and vegetables,” Al Tahir added.

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