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2/5/24, 1:34 PM Dubai Lab Develops Innovative Screening System To Detect Pork Byproducts In Processed Food
The launch of the new screening system comes in alignment with the constant efforts of Dubai
Central Laboratory to create an ideal ecosystem for laboratory tests.

It also seeks to provide a comprehensive service that ensures maximum efficiency and quality while
adhering to the best international standards and specifications.

The system guarantees the safety and quality of food products available in the market, contributing to
the sustainability of the food system and enhancing Dubai’s reputation as the premier global
destination for both work and living.

Hind Mahmoud Ahmed, Acting Director of the Dubai Central Laboratory Department at Dubai

Municipality, asserted that the new screen mechanism is developed systematically and continuously
in line with the nature of food products and materials that are available in the local market.
The new laboratory continues to provide flexible, highly accurate, proactive testing services that meet

the needs of customers. This aligns with the objectives of Dubai Municipality to establish a
sustainable health and food ecosystem, ensuring community protection against food risks and

enhancing the overall quality of life in the emirate.
Enhancing Efficiency Eng. Hind said, “The new system was created in microbiological laboratories,

and it has made all traded products more trustworthy by detecting pork byproduct residues with an
efficiency that is about 100 times higher than that of conventional examination procedures.

This achievement stands alongside the laboratory’s numerous successes in improving operations and
meeting objectives, which include the development and integration of globally accepted standards for
laboratory testing and calibration certificates,”.

Developing New Technologies Additionally, she highlighted the utilisation of a state-of-the-art device
featuring a fully automated system and secure protocol, facilitating comprehensive sample tracking

from the initiation of testing to the publication of results.
Furthermore, the automated reading based on fluorescence makes it one of the most sophisticated

and cutting-edge methods in the world for detecting microorganisms in food samples.
Eng. Hind further explained that the technology ensures fast and accurate results, delivering

outcomes within a single day and accommodating up to 100 tests per hour. The capability of the
technology to swiftly identify various bacteria, yeasts, and fungi associated with food product quality
and microbial contaminants plays a pivotal role in enhancing flexibility, productivity, and the screening

process and mechanism.

Integrated Tests and AnalysesCustomers can take advantage of the microbiology analysis laboratory
services offered by Dubai Central Laboratory, which include food product quality and safety
examination, nutritional supplements, food contact materials (FCMs), and food product expiration

date estimations.
Furthermore, they can benefit from environmental sample tests including bottled and non-bottled

drinking water samples to guarantee that it does not contain any disease-causing bacteria, and
sample tests of groundwater, irrigation water, sea, lakes, canals, beaches, swimming pool water,

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