Nada Maddah Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – Makkah Municipality closed a well-known international fast food chain in the city center after four people suffered from food poisoning. The municipality's placed a sticker on the façade of the restaurant indicating that it has been closed due to food poisoning. In a statement to Saudi Gazette, Abdullah Al-Zaidi, Deputy Head of the municipality's Ajyad Branch, said a committee comprising representatives from the Ministry of Health, Department of Environmental Health and a health supervisor from the municipality took several food samples from the restaurant and confirmed that they contained microbes that sent four people to the hospital. Al-Zaidi said that according to a decision by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the restaurant will remain shut for a month and be fined SR4,000. Al-Zaidi added that Makkah Municipality will continue its intensive inspection tours of restaurants in the holy city. “With the holy month of Ramadan drawing near and malls, supermarkets, foodstuff shops and restaurants witnessing a flurry of activity, our goal is to guarantee the cleanliness and hygiene of food shops. We want to ensure that the health of residents and pilgrims is not in danger.”
