Campden BRI has been chosen by the Qatar Supreme Council of Health to oversee an ambitiousprogramme to improve the country’s food safety.
The UK-based food industry support body will design and manage a comprehensive programme to train more than 250 ofQatar’s food inspectors via a series of intensive workshops.
The Risk-Based Food Safety InspectionsSkills workshops, which will include both theoretical and practical elements, will run over 18 weeksthroughout this year, and will be delivered in Arabic by Taylor Shannon International on behalf ofCampden BRI.
Dr Anton Alldrick, special projects manager at Campden BRI, said the courses would emphasise theneed to take a risk-based approach to food safety, from farm to table.
She added: “The inspectors will be reminded of the significant food safety hazards that can be associated withfood, how these are prevented and what evidence the inspector should look for to ensure that foodbusinesses are correctly managed.
'This will include ensuring that the food businesses have anappropriate understanding of international standards of food hygiene practice and food safetymanagement systems.”
The head of Qatar's National Committee for Food Safety, Dr Sheikh Mohamed al-Thani, said:“The training will help our inspectors understand the risks associated with various food items in thelong term.
'We hope to provide the same level of competency to all inspectors, transfer knowledge fromthe West and make Qatar gain high international standards in food safety which is line with the QatarNational Vision 2030.”
Campden BRI provides technical, legislative and scientific support and research to the food and drinks industry worldwide, with a comprehensive 'farm to fork' range of services covering agri-food production, analysis and testing, processing and manufacturing, safety and training.
