Food safety violations and penalties translation

LAW # 8 1990

Code Volition Description Penalty cost

300 Trading food contrary to the standard specifications declared in the executive lists and decisions of Law 8 1990 and other 15,000 QR
related laws that harmful to human health.
301 Trading food fraud reached food, by any means, that may change its properties 15,000 QR
302 Trading food contaminated with radioactive materials, microbes, parasites or pesticides that may cause diseases to 15,000 QR
humans
303 Trading food it contains toxic materials exceeding the legally prescribed limits 15,000 QR
304 Trading food circulated by a person infected with an infectious disease, or carrying its microbes 15,000 QR
305 Trading food resulting from an animal infected with a disease whose infection transmits to humans, or resulting from a 15,000 QR
dead animal
306 Trading food mixed with dust or impurities that exceed the ratio prescribed by the law, or impossible to purify them 15,000 QR
307 Trading food contains a prohibited coloring, preserving material or other 15,000 QR
308 Trading food dispensers include harmful materials to the human health 15,000 QR
309 Trading food rotten, damaged or unsuitable for consumption that chemical or microbial analysis prove a change in its 7,500 QR
composition or if its natural properties change in terms of taste, appearance or smell
310 Trading food rotten, damaged or unsuitable for consumption that the period of validity of use expires in accordance with 7,500 QR
the date fixed in the statement written on its information label.
311 Trading food rotten, damaged or unsuitable for consumption that food, its packages or dispensers include larva, worms, 7,500 QR
insects, waste or animal residuals.
312 Trading food rotten, damaged or unsuitable for consumption that prepared, produced or stored in unsanitary 7,500 QR
circumstances or methods.
313 Failure to notify food importers intention of selling and traded in the Qatar administration competent Ministry of Municipal 7,500 QR
Affairs and Urban Planning for food imported self-employed within a period not exceeding seven days from the date of its
release includes a statement on food type and source, quantity and packaging weights and specifications imported by
prices
314 Not keeping regular records for a person who trades with food or its circulation in which all types of food in his/her possession, 7,500 QR
its quantity, packages, weights, source, date of possessing, amount sold thereof, and the date of sale are recorded along
with the name of the buyer, if a wholesaler or retailer, a permission from the Ministry of Public Health pertaining to food
release, and all relevant documents and data. Not give the vendor to supply the buyer, should he/she be a merchant, with
an undertaking letter declaring that the food sold to him/her complies with the provisions of Law 8 1990.
316 Person who trades with preserved food by any method of freezing, cooling; discharging from air or its circulation is not obtain 7,500 QR
a license from the Ministry of Municipal & Agricultural Affairs or from a competent municipality according to circumstances
or melt down the food set out in the preceding paragraph, sell, display or own it for the purpose of circulating it for an
exchange as fresh food.
317 Circulate packaged food unless it is firmly fixed, upon the information label of each package or unit of sale, with compressed 7,500 QR
font from inside as per activity 15 part A for law # 8 1990 and small packages not have the same data stated on large
packages or on external signs of boxes and containers within which the packages arrive and not care to be taken when a
food material is packaged or refilled.
318 Person who disposes of seized or restrained food in accordance with Article (20) of Law 8 1990, without the approval of the 10,000 QR
relevant administrative authority.

Code Volition Description Penalty cost

400 Open facility without license ( or not as per license description, was closed, …) 5,000 QR
401 Not renew expired facility license (every month delay) 50 QR
402 All or part of the facility built on unsafe material 2,500 QR
403 Facility surface area below main road floor level or underground basement without Municipality approval. 2,500 QR
404 Floor tiles absorbed liquids, not easy to clean, with damages and cracks 2,500 QR
405 Not enough space size for operation 2,500 QR
406 Not enough or efficient lighting and ventilation 2,500 QR
407 No safe and hygienic water source inside operation 2,500 QR
408 Water tanks made from not safe materials , contaminated with unhygienic dirt and without covers 2,500 QR
409 Not enough toilets for working staff and toilets close to operation. 2,500 QR
410 Improper efficiency / covering the drainage links. 2,500 QR
411 Electric extensions not isolated / electric engines not on strong bases and no gate protection 2,500 QR
412 No safety and security tools ( Detectors, enough fire extinguishers) 2,500 QR
413 No pest control system (insect killer machines/ manual/ others …….) 2,500 QR
414 Using working facility as staff accommodation 2,500 QR
415 Display items outside facility 2,500 QR
Code Volition Description Penalty cost
700 No Health Certification per person 2,500 QR

Code Volition Description Penalty cost

900 Not covering Laundry operation drainage by proper covering 2,500 QR
901 No exhaust hood to suction the vapor 2,500 QR
902 No lockers to keep clean clothes after ironing. 2,500 QR
903 Laundry facility entrance not made from glass 2,500 QR
904 Not available cleaning steam sprays for laundry operation 2,500 QR
905 Others 2,500 QR