The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has confirmed that it is actively investigating the potential contamination of Pepperoni Beef with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, working in collaboration with local regulatory authorities and the Saudi Food and Drug Authority.

 

Coordination is also taking place with the producing company to precautionarily withdraw the affected product from UAE markets until laboratory examinations are completed and the details of the incident are verified.

 

Dr Mohammed Salman Al Hamadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Food Diversity at MOCCAE, emphasised that the ministry is working with various relevant authorities to apply the highest food safety standards to all food products in the country, whether locally produced or imported.

 

He  noted that the ministry is intensifying its investigations regarding the mentioned product to ensure its safety for consumption as quickly as possible. Al Hamadi confirmed that laboratory and field teams are currently collecting additional samples for testing in specialised labs, concurrently with the product's removal from all markets in the UAE. – TradeArabia News Service