Dubai: The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) has elevated the variety of employees at plant and veterinary testing and quarantine facilities throughout the UAE to make sure security requirements, MOCCAE introduced on Monday.
Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, MOCCAE Minister, additionally lately inspected the agricultural quarantine facility on the Dubai Flower Centre (DFC), strategically positioned at Dubai International Airport. The facility examines consignments of lower flowers, crops, foliage, fruit and greens coming by way of the centre.
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Al Nuaimi stated: “We are upgrading our plant and veterinary testing and quarantine facilities at entry points across the UAE to ensure compliance with the highest quality and safety standards, and allow only safe consignments to enter the country. MOCCAE has increased the number of staff at these facilities and equipped them with state-of-the-art testing technologies.”
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The minister toured DFC’s laboratories and quarantine facilities to make sure their preparedness to obtain and check shipments all year long, notably in periods that see a surge within the variety of consignments, comparable to forward of Eid Al Adha and Expo 2020.
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