Port Health and Food Control Section / Ministry of public Health (MOPH) have the authority to control imported food under the provisions of the Food Control Law, Qatar Law No. 8/1990, amended by Qatar Law No. 4/2014.

Port Health and Food Control Section is follows Food Safety and Environmental Health division / Public Health Department, control over all imported food: fruit, vegetables, species, meat and meat products, milk, fish and all other foods that are imported to Qatar from all over the world.

More than 80 technical employees' woks at this section. Four units follow the section: Abu Samra heath unit, Hamad seaport heath unit, Ruwais heath unit and Hamad International Airport heath unit, woks 24/24 hours, 7 days a week.

Qatar Technical regulations and standards are the references to comply imported Foods. So any foodstuff matching with the requirements released for use and any foodstuff proves to be unsafe or non-compliance (destroyed or re-exported).

Ministry of public Health (MOPH) recognizes that effective and efficient inspection and certification systems and its essential role in the food trade movement.

Ministry of public Health (MOPH) committed to matching all imported foods to Qatar complies with the relevant Qatar requirements and regulations.*^[1]