Al Meera Company Participated in the World Food Safety Day

Al Meera Consumer Goods Company participated in the celebration of World Food Safety Day 2022 in order to highlight its tireless efforts to establish a commitment to the highest food safety standards, which was organized by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment under the slogan “Safer Food for Better Health” in Al Khor Park on June 9.

During this event, Al Meera set up a special pavilion in Al Khor Park, which included serving some healthy foods and snacks to visitors and participants to add more fun to the events.

The World Food Safety Day is celebrated on June 7 of each year, with the aim of highlighting the importance of maintaining food safety, detecting risks transmitted through food and the best ways to manage it optimally, and promoting possible solutions to achieve further progress in enhancing food security and improving health Human, Economic Prosperity, Agriculture and Sustainable Development.

Commenting on its participation, Al Meera commented on its social media accounts: “As a leading national retail company with the largest network of branches in the country, we participate in the celebration of the World Food Safety Day out of our full commitment to work to consolidate practices that ensure food safety from farm to table and across the various stages of supply chains in all of our businesses,

In addition to distributing fridge magnets that include important and vital tips on how to maintain food safety and raise awareness of the most important health requirements that should be taken into account when dealing with food products at home, as well as introducing Al Meera’s procedures in its work to promote this regard.

This comes in line with our vision and objectives of giving our customers easy access to their necessary needs of food products and high-quality consumer goods at very competitive prices.

The company added, “We attach the utmost importance to the food safety control process as a fundamental pillar of our work, as it starts from selecting the best products, dealing with highly reliable suppliers, and adopting advanced transportation and storage systems that are in line with the international food security and safety guidelines followed in the State of Qatar to ensure that the best products are provided to consumers, We continue our continuous support to national farms and local producers, enabling them to increase their production and follow the latest standards in the cultivation and production of agricultural crops, in a way that enhances Qatar’s endeavors towards self-sufficiency and providing the best fresh and safe products to the citizens and residents of our Qatari community.”

In a related context, the United Nations celebrated the World Food Safety Day on June 7, under the slogan "Safe Food for Good Health", with the aim of drawing attention to, detecting, and managing foodborne risks, and mobilizing measures to prevent these risks and improve human health.

It is worth noting that the United Nations General Assembly established World Food Safety Day in 2018 to raise awareness of this important issue.