Food Safety Department intensifies monitoring
<p>Doha, Qatar: The Food Safety Department at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) intensified its food safety monitoring activities during the second quarter of 2026, inspecting more imported food shipments and conducting thousands of inspection visits to local food establishments, according to key figures and achievements released by the Ministry yesterday.</p> <p>The department conducted…
Doha, Qatar - The Food Safety Department of Qatar's Ministry of Public Health has ramped up its efforts to ensure food safety during the second quarter of 2026. According to the Ministry, the department conducted 136,280 tests at its Food Safety Laboratories, inspected 29,147 imported food shipments, and collected samples from both imported foodstuffs and local establishments.
The department also expanded digital food safety services, providing 1,603 e-services through the Watheq system and approving 10,746 foodstuffs via the platform. This increase in digital services comes as the Ministry continues its broader efforts to strengthen Qatar's national food safety system and encourage a culture of food safety among food establishments, workers, and the public.
While the number of laboratory tests and samples collected from local establishments decreased slightly compared to the first quarter, the overall trend indicates a significant increase in monitoring activities. In Q2, the department inspected 2,111 more imported food shipments than in Q1, and collected 563 more samples of imported foodstuffs. Inspection visits to local food establishments also rose from 5,652 to 5,748.
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