SFDA fines facility for changing expiration dates

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has seized around 4 tonnes of expired poultry with tampered expiration dates. It also seized poultry and meat from an unknown source in a warehouse in Riyadh, kept to sell and circulate through food stores and markets.

The authority said that while carrying out its inspection tours on food products and facilities, it visited a warehouse and found the violating food items, in addition to the tools and labels used to change the expiration dates.

All poultry and meat items were seized and destroyed and the facility was fined SR500,000 ($133,000) for violating Article 16 of the Food Law, which stipulates that food shall not be handled if “it is adulterated, involves deceptive methods, means or otherwise practices that may mislead the consumers.”

The Saudi aurhotities have called on consumers to report violations of the facilities under its supervision, by calling the unified number (19999), or through its “Tameni” application.