Federal Law on Food Safety

The Federal Law No. 10 on food safety aims to:

• Ensure the safety and sustainability of the traded food and control it during the food chain stages.

• Protect consumers' health.

• Ensure the safety of health of traded feed.

• Facilitate the movement of food trade.

• All of the above

The Ministry shall establish the following:

• Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed at all the food chain stages.

• Set management systems

• Control inspection systems

• All of the above

It shall be prohibited to import any food or feed for the first time unless it is approved by the authorities in charge.

• True

• False

The person in charge of the food establishment shall ensure food health, safety, and suitability for consumption.

• True

• False

The person in charge shall not provide qualified persons to deal with the feed.

• True

• False

The authorities in charge shall take samples of the food and feed.

• True

• False

It is not necessary that the traded and imported food and feed shall comply with the technical regulations, legislations, and standard specifications.

• True

• False

Whoever trades, at any food chain stage, in adulterated harmful or rotten food shall be imprisoned for a period of not less than 3 months and a fine of not less than 100,000 AED and not exceeding 2,000,000 AED.

• True

• False

The law shall enter into effect 6 months after the date of publication of law.

• True

• False

The law shall continue to be valid until the issuance of the regulation of the new law.

• True

• False