Abstract

Food Safety Issues in Saudi Arabia

Highlights

  • What is meaning of “food safety”?Food is the primary requirement for sustainability and livelihood but it is a vehicle and a medium for transmitting hazards and causing disease and death

  • The Arab Gulf countries, namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates have undergone a rapid change in their socio-economic situation, food consumption patterns, and lifestyle and health status during the past four decades

  • In Saudi Arabia, for example, it was found that 28% of diabetes were unaware of their condition [8]

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Summary

Food Safety Issues in Saudi Arabia

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia Received date: 01 April 2015; Accepted date: 31 August 2015; Published date: 07 Sep 2015. Citation: El Sheikha AF (2015) Food Safety Issues in Saudi Arabia. Nutr Food Technol 1(1): doi http:// dx.doi.org/10.16966/2470-6086.103

Introduction
Saudi Arabia in brief
History of food in Saudi Arabia
Present situation
GCC total
Challenges in controlling and regulating imported food products
Food borne disease incidence
Potential for food borne prevention
Findings
International Plant Protection Convention

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