ABU DHABI // All livestock slaughtered in Abu Dhabi is fit for human consumption, food inspection officials have insisted.
The Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority refuted social media rumours that animals imported into the country for slaughter from Syria had been injected with carcinogens.
Mohammed Jalal Al Raissi, director of communication and community service at the authority, said it was not economically viable to transport livestock from Syria to Abu Dhabi.
He said that all animals imported from abroad and from other emirates are checked at abattoirs by veterinarians for infestation and disease before they are slaughtered.
They are then killed according to international standards.
After being sealed for distribution, repeat inspections are carried out by the Authority to ensure consumers receive high quality produce, Mr Al Raissi said.
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Volunteers offer workers a lifeline
Community volunteers have swung into action delivering food packages and toiletries to the men.
When provisions are distributed, the men line up in long queues for packets of rice, flour, sugar, salt, pulses, milk, biscuits, shaving kits, soap and telecom cards.
Volunteers from St Mary’s Catholic Church said some workers came to the church to pray for their families and ask for assistance.
Boxes packed with essential food items were distributed to workers in the Dubai Investments Park and Ras Al Khaimah camps last week. Workers at the Sonapur camp asked for Dh1,600 towards their gas bill.
“Especially in this year of tolerance we consider ourselves privileged to be able to lend a helping hand to our needy brothers in the Actco camp," Father Lennie Connully, parish priest of St Mary’s.
Workers spoke of their helplessness, seeing children’s marriages cancelled because of lack of money going home. Others told of their misery of being unable to return home when a parent died.
“More than daily food, they are worried about not sending money home for their family,” said Kusum Dutta, a volunteer who works with the Indian consulate.
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