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Sharjah Municipality Food inspection system goes digital

Sharjah Municipality inspectors are all set to conduct their examinations of various outlets selling food including supermarkets, restaurants and groceries to safeguard the health of consumers by using the new Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) advanced system.

Sharjah Municipality inspectors are all set to conduct their examinations of various outlets selling food including supermarkets, restaurants and groceries to safeguard the health of consumers by using the new Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) advanced system. The equipment has entailed an estimated cost of half a million dirham.

 

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According to the Engineer Abdulla Salman Al Amri, Director-General of Sharjah Municipality the PDA device will ensure the quality and the safety of various food items offered in the market, he reiterated. The device features electronic maps that will facilitate the job of the inspectors in determining the locations of the food outlets and the other outlets that needs to be inspected. The PDA device will also ensure that all the outlets selling food items are regularly inspected, Al Amri explained.  


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