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our cutting-edge digital services that facilitate import, export, and
registration operations for food products and shipments. These digital
services contribute to enhancing the availability of flexible, sustainable,
and integrated food supply chains. It also enhances our efforts in
educating food enterprises, traders, and suppliers about the most recent
safety standards, food specifications, and environmental sustainability,
thereby ensuring their implementation.”

Dubai Food Systems Excellence Programme, the most recent initiative to
recognise the best food establishments in the application of integrated
standards of food safety, nutrition, environmental sustainability,
community responsibility, digitisation, and innovation, will be reviewed
by the Municipality during Gulfood.

The programme’s objectives include consolidating Dubai's position as a
major hub for global trade, encouraging food businesses to distinguish
themselves, as well as upholding a sustainable system of food, health, and
environment to improve the quality of life.

Additionally, it targets food outlets in the Emirate of Dubai that are
classified as restaurants and snack preparation facilities, including local
restaurants and cafeterias in hotels and public places.

Dubai Municipality will further review its services for food merchants
and suppliers, which offers them access to IRS to streamline import and
export procedures and track food products. In addition, the Municipality
will also promote practices that minimise food loss and waste in the
emirate during its participation at the event, in addition to increasing
customer understanding of the regulations, processes, and transactions
associated with food shipments.

The customer’s journey with IRS entails several steps, including securing
license, registering the company on the Municipality's website, evaluating
food products, submitting import application on the import and export
system, requesting the arrival of the shipment at the port of entry, and
transporting it to the port control office for inspection and release.

Furthermore, it includes staff members’ receipt and inspection of the
shipment, the release of the shipment from the port, its arrival at the
importer’s warehouse, the collection of samples, the laboratory inspection
of the product, and ultimately the product’s access to the local market.

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