Riyadh: The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture conducted over 33,000 field tours in public utility markets and slaughterhouses from Feb. 11 to March 21 to ensure compliance with regulations, health, and technical requirements.
Field technical teams carried out 15,379 tours from March 10 to March 21 across the Kingdom. During these tours, 535 violations were found, and 1,039 warnings were issued, the ministry said.
All violators will be referred to the relevant authorities for legal action in accordance with the Agriculture Law and its executive regulations concerning the rules regulating the operation of public benefit markets.
The most prominent violations found by the inspection teams included failure to adhere to the official uniform for workers in markets and slaughterhouses, failure to provide an electronic payment machine, and displaying products outside the stores.
Other violations included the absence of a health certificate or failure to renew it, displaying spoiled products unfit for consumption, street vendors and workers violating buying and selling activities, and cases of random slaughter outside authorized places.
The ministry said that it will continue inspection tours of public utility markets and slaughterhouses in all regions of the Kingdom to ensure an abundance of goods and products, and compliance of commercial establishment owners with public health controls.
Additionally, the ministry will tighten supervision of market activities involving vegetables and fruit, meat and fish, livestock, camels, birds, firewood, and fodder, as well as slaughterhouses, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant laws and regulations.
