Saudi Authority Finalizes Plan for Safe Food and Medicines for Hajj Pilgrims
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority ensures readiness for this year's Hajj by strengthening supply chain oversight, enhancing field team preparedness, and increasing inspections of facilities.
Riyadh: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has completed its preparations to ensure that pilgrims on this year’s Hajj are provided with safe food, medicines, and medical devices.
According to an SFDA press release issued on Thursday, the initiative aligns with directives from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s leadership to prioritize pilgrims’ health and well-being by fully utilizing available resources for a secure and seamless Hajj experience.The SFDA emphasized that its plan focuses on several key areas: enhancing oversight of supply chains, increasing the readiness of field teams, intensifying inspection visits to regulated facilities, and improving coordination with relevant government entities.
A fully integrated technical team will operate continuously across all regulatory pathways, starting from land, sea, and air entry points for pilgrims.
This includes control over air freight belonging to Hajj missions and specialized inspection points at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah.The SFDA’s oversight extends to food and pharmaceutical establishments, as well as medical-device facilities under its supervision.
Over the past few months, the authority stated that it conducted over 1,400 inspections of food and pharmaceutical factories and warehouses, as well as medical-device facilities, to verify the integrity of supply chains.
Additionally, the SFDA organized several awareness workshops in collaboration with the municipalities of Makkah and Madinah, the Ministry of Tourism, and the Public Health Authority.
These sessions targeted factory and catering workers, as well as government inspectors, to ensure strict compliance with health requirements and the provision of safe meals.The SFDA’s participation in the Hajj season each year is part of a unified government ecosystem dedicated to providing the highest quality services to pilgrims, solidifying the Kingdom's global leadership in crowd management and safety.
According to an SFDA press release issued on Thursday, the initiative aligns with directives from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s leadership to prioritize pilgrims’ health and well-being by fully utilizing available resources for a secure and seamless Hajj experience.The SFDA emphasized that its plan focuses on several key areas: enhancing oversight of supply chains, increasing the readiness of field teams, intensifying inspection visits to regulated facilities, and improving coordination with relevant government entities.
A fully integrated technical team will operate continuously across all regulatory pathways, starting from land, sea, and air entry points for pilgrims.
This includes control over air freight belonging to Hajj missions and specialized inspection points at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah.The SFDA’s oversight extends to food and pharmaceutical establishments, as well as medical-device facilities under its supervision.
Over the past few months, the authority stated that it conducted over 1,400 inspections of food and pharmaceutical factories and warehouses, as well as medical-device facilities, to verify the integrity of supply chains.
Additionally, the SFDA organized several awareness workshops in collaboration with the municipalities of Makkah and Madinah, the Ministry of Tourism, and the Public Health Authority.
These sessions targeted factory and catering workers, as well as government inspectors, to ensure strict compliance with health requirements and the provision of safe meals.The SFDA’s participation in the Hajj season each year is part of a unified government ecosystem dedicated to providing the highest quality services to pilgrims, solidifying the Kingdom's global leadership in crowd management and safety.
