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Official calls for greater efforts in food safety |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 23:14 |
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KUWAIT, March 15 (KUNA) -- A ranking official called on Monday for doubling national efforts and working out up-to-date schemes for food safety.
The Health Ministry assistant undersecretary for back-up medical services, Dr. Qaiss Al-Duwairi, in a statement at inauguration of Kuwait's First Food Conference today, affirmed that the holding of the convention conforms with the government platform and the ministry strategies to upgrade the domestic health services.
He affirmed keenness of the ministry on enhancing skills of the national cadres to meet the needs in this sector.
Dr. Nawal Al-Hamad, the director of the department of nutrition at the ministry, said in a statement food safety is an inseparable aspect of the overall national development strategy.
Conferees will discuss issues related to the basic theme, food safety, successful experiences in some advanced nations in this domain, influence of the media on the consumer culture, health safety at hospitals, hotels and restaurants.
International health agencies affirm that many diseases spread through food.
The conference, held under sponsorship of Health Minister Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, is partly aimed at discussing laws and rules for regulating the sector of food safety.
The participatns will also discuss international developments in the field of food safety and applying Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system in the areas of manufacturing and food production.
It also involves Kuwait Municipality, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), and the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR). - Kuna
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