Tracking companies approved by the Food Authority to measure temperatures

List of approved tracking companies in Food and Drug Authority to provide temperature and humidity management and tracking service

Food and Drug Authority announcement of a service for managing and tracking temperature and humidity

On 2020/08/02, the Food and Drug Authority launched the service for tracking and measuring temperatures and humidity for food and drug vehicles and warehouses via the Wasl platform, which comes as a result of the successful partnership between the General Authority for Transport and the Food and Drug Authority, and consists of activating an accurate electronic system to track and monitor temperatures and... Humidity in means of transporting food and medicines and facilities designated for storage.

The launch took place in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Health, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Food and Drug Authority, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, His Excellency the Minister of Transport, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Transport, Engineer Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, His Excellency the Chairman of the General Authority for Transport, Dr. Rumaih bin Muhammad Al-Rumaih, and His Excellency the CEO of the General Authority. For Food and Medicine, Dr. Hisham bin Saad Al-Jadhaei.

Dr. Al-Rabiah explained that the development of such precise technical systems aims to ensure that facilities subject to the supervision of the Food and Drug Authority and their transport vehicles adhere to the technical requirements and regulations related to transportation and storage, noting that the temperature and humidity monitoring system will, starting today, be linked to the “wasl” electronic platforms. and “Bayan” of the General Authority for Transport, explaining that all transport and storage operations will be subject to close follow-up in order to achieve everyone’s efforts to control these activities in the interest of human health and to ensure that transporters and storage facility operators adhere to all international health standards approved in this vital aspect, and in a way that contributes to Improving the safety guarantees of food and pharmaceutical products, applying the highest international specifications and standards in the field of the Internet of Things, and establishing levels appropriate to human health.

His Excellency praised the successful partnership between the Ministries of Health and Transport, the Food Authority and the Transport Authority, stressing the role of such partnerships in enhancing integration between government agencies, especially in the supervisory and regulatory aspects, with the opportunities that such technical projects provide for national civil institutions to compete in providing the best services after taking into account All health requirements and controls. He also praised the efforts of the employees of the Food and Drug Authority and the General Transport Authority, which led to the completion of the project and preparing it to reap the positive fruits starting from the date of its expanded implementation.

For his part, His Excellency the Minister of Transport explained that the services provided by the General Transport Authority in terms of oversight and quality control come in response to existing vital needs and are sufficient to advance transport activities and logistical services of all types, as today there will be reliable digital oversight linked to achieving the highest safety standards in transporting matters related to human health. And its food, as the electronic system allows the process of tracking trucks loaded with food and medicine as they travel on the Kingdom’s roads, which contributes to raising the level of safety in this sector, and controlling quality and control through the management of transportation operations, in addition to enabling the Food and Drug General Authority to control and monitor this activity electronically to raise The quality, safety, and safety of transportation and storage operations, to contribute to the quality of control and ensure the quality and safety of the products that fall under the supervision of the Authority.

His Excellency praised the integration between the employees of the Transport Authority and the Food Authority, so that these blessed efforts are consistent with their tasks and specializations in the field of enhancing control and supervision of supply chains and logistics in general, and the transportation, storage and distribution operations involved in activities subject to the supervision of the Food and Drug Authority, through data exchange and automation of procedures. In his speech, he indicated that all this development will reflect positively on everyone’s endeavor to advance specialized transportation activities and highly efficient logistics.

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