The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) invites you to the Ports’ Health and Food Control Section webinar.

On the occasion of the World Food Safety Day, The Ports’ Health and Food Control Section will conduct an online lecture entitled, "The food registration system and its role in ensuring food safety."

The webinar will be held in both languages (Arabic and English) for two hours as follows:

Arabic language on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 10:30 am-12:30 pm

English language on Monday, June 8, 2020 at 10:30 am -12:30 pm

Registration is now open!

To register, click this link.

​Location

The Webinar will be accessed remotely (electronically) and we will provide you with the electronic link and how to access the webinar later.

The Ports Health and Food Control Section performs a number of functions which contribute significantly to achieving the objectives of Food Safety Department and implementing the overall strategy of the Ministry of Public Health. These functions are:

1. Monitoring and inspecting food imported and exported across the border ports, ensuring its safety and suitability for human consumption, and monitoring its radiation levels.
2. Preventing entry of adulterated food and supervising re-exports operations.
3. Destroying food that do not comply with the conditions or requirements or which is unfit for human consumption.
4. Checking health certificates of imported food, and issuing certificates for exported or conforming re-exported foods.
5. Collecting samples of imported foods which enter the country for the first time, as well as collecting samples periodically.
6. Applying the ban on food coming from infected areas.
7. Guiding food importers to specifications required for imported foodstuffs as stated in  standard specifications and technical regulations before performing the import.
8. Providing advice related to foods which importers wish to import and determining their conformity to specifications. This is done when an importer wishes to be guided by the opinion of the Ports Health and Food Control Section.​

The Ports Health and Food Control Section performs these functions through a number of health units which are:

• Hamad International Airport

• Hamad Port

• Ruwais Port