Eng Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of Dubai Municipality on Sunday, 14th May, 2017, inaugurated the Al Quoz Abattoir, behind Al Wahda Centre in the presence of assistants to the director-general and directors of related departments. The new abattoir, which has a capacity for processing 1,500 small and 50 large animals daily, will be open from 6 AM to 11 PM throughout the week, except on Fridays.

Lootah reviewed the modern facilities of the new abattoir, which is equipped with the latest machineries and tools, especially the common hall for small and large animals that allows the customers to see the slaughtering, skinning and cutting process directly and clearly from the moment of handing over the animal until the meat is delivered.

The abattoir has high quality mechanical equipment capable of protecting the safety and health of consumers. The abattoir has a men’s lounge, a women’s lounge, a refrigerator for cooling meat and ten sheds for storing livestock for traders before the slaughtering process, which are periodically cleaned every day to protect animals from diseases before slaughtering and maintaining public health.

The abattoir is also provided with an area for selling meat and it follows smart online ways to meet the needs of the public. There is also similar place in the Al Qusais abattoir, which also follows smart ways.

Lootah emphasised the Public Health Services Department on the readiness to meet the needs of the public in a healthy and safe manner. He directed the department to activate the Mawashi App and the Smart Abattoir in order to reiterate the Municipality’s interest and care on public health and in meeting their needs with ease.

He said that the prices in the Al Quoz Abattoir are like in the rest of the abattoirs in the emirate and it has not been increased or changed because the work of the municipality in this area is a service and protection of the public health is not for profit.