The Dubai Municipality laboratory examined samples of school uniforms to ensure that they meet the approved standards. It also examined 178 samples of food containers and water bottles, collected from retail stores, department stores and electronic sales sites. The municipality shall notify the relevant institutions in the event that the samples examined do not conform to the approved standards, in addition to withdrawing the non-conforming samples before displaying them.
The municipality has implemented more than 500 proactive monitoring campaigns on the educational institution. And demanded that it contract with institutions supplying school uniforms that have certificates of conformity or examination of school uniform samples.
The control procedures included conforming the buildings to the standards, and checking the ventilation and air conditioning system by examining the air ducts and filters to reduce polluting elements, in addition to implementing periodic maintenance procedures, such as maintaining ventilation and air conditioning systems.
I also checked the swimming pools, to ensure compliance with the presence of an approved lifeguard, with sufficient numbers of lifejackets and first aid requirements.
It checked the water systems and ensured the availability of reports for cleaning and disinfecting tanks, the internal distribution network and the preventive maintenance of the network, with the availability of approved laboratory reports proving that they were free of contaminants. The control measures included examining 240 water samples from tanks and swimming pools, in addition to withdrawing drinking water samples from refrigerators to verify their compliance with approved standards and specifications.
The municipality has developed an integrated plan to control food circulated in educational institutions, to ensure the arrival of high-quality food to students through school canteens.
Dubai Municipality approved 1,553 food items, and issued permits to companies that have approved items to supply schools with, and the number of permits issued annually is estimated at 200.
The municipality also verifies that educational institutions serve only approved foods from authorized companies. And the specialists in the municipality monitor the places of food circulation in educational institutions.
• 500 educational institutions on which the municipality implemented proactive control measures.
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