Muscat: The Municipality of Muscat has ordered all eateries to install CCTV cameras as part of the new food safety law in the country.
The new mandatory law aims at monitoring all irregularities and will help the civic authorities detect any kind of an anomaly while handling food inside an establishment.
The outlet will be fined a minimum of OMR100 to OMR3,000 in case the CCTV camera is turned off or malfunctioning.
The new Food Safety Law applies to restaurants and cafes, fast food restaurants, bakeries, public kitchens, food processing plants, mills, slaughterhouses, shopping malls and food storage areas.
An average 826 warnings on food safety violations were issued in a month in 2018 and the number of closures averaged 137 during the period.
The municipal authorities issued orders for closure of 1,653 food outlets and warnings to 9,916 in 2018. There were also 14,374 cases in which unhealthy food was disposed of and destroyed.
In 2017, a total of 26,306 cases were reported.
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