Veggie section closed due to violation
A week after the forced closure of the fruit and vegetable section of a leading hypermarket in Doha, customers have been left wondering about the reason behind the closure in the absence of any official clarification.
Some say that it was the first time they had seen a fruit and vegetable section in any shopping facility closed down by the authorities.
The Municipality has posted a notice saying that the section was closed due to failure to comply with health requirements, without specifying the violations.
The hypermarket’s management is mum on the reason why it was closed, stoking fear among its customers with regard to the safety of the products they buy from the shop. Visitors to the hypermarket were surprised of the sight of the area once filled with green vegetables now empty.
What can only be seen are empty vegetable shelves fenced around the area plastered with ‘closed’ ribbon and Municipal Ministry notices posted all over the place saying ‘By the order of Municipality this business is closed due to failure of complying with health requirements’.
An inquiry with some staff of the hypermarket revealed it was closed for about a week now and might be closed for several weeks more, but as to the reason why it was closed they refused to comment.
The said hypermarket, which has several branches in the country, is very famous in Doha for being a one-stop-shop, which provides various items for every customer’s needs.
Details of the violation were not mentioned in the notice which led to speculations among customers.
Some customers said there might have been items which posed health hazards to consumers or even radioactive contaminated items which caused the shutdown of the outlet.
Others are scared saying they might have purchased some items one or two days before it was closed and consumed these items which might be risky to their health.
Some customers who went to the hypermarket refused to buy other consumable items such as dairy and meat products as the reason for the closure of the vegetable outlet was still unknown to them.
They are asking the concerned authorities including the management of the hypermarket and the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning to disclose immediately the reason behind the closure of the outlet because this will be beneficial to both the customers and the hypermarket instead of just keeping mum on the issue.
This will also serve as an example for other outlets not to repeat the same violation and lift doubts from customers on the safety of other consumable products sold in the hypermarket, some customers said.
They said every outlet, whether big or small, should follow the Municipal Ministry rules.
Source: http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/172160-why-most-ask-about-veggie-...
hey guys, is the vegetables section open again in carrefour villagio or not yet?
i hope they open back up soon. but on my way home i always go to carrefour to get my fruits and veggies.
Golf club, yes, we went there and the sign was at the entrance door
Gulf Club?
It must be really serious! It has been closed for 3 weeks now, even the Gulf Club has the same sign on its door!
Wonder why?
How come the Gulf Club is infested???
A small local store opposite the Lulus Gharrafa and next to Landmark has thousands of baby cockroaches infesting the fruit and veg section. So disgusting.
@MRST: On more than one occasion I have seen cats climbing in the metal work of the ceiling at Giant in Hyatt plaza.
Maybe management put them there to catch the birds?
You do wonder why a shop that has birds flying in and out of the salad section, taking little bits of greenery up in to the roof to make nests, has never been closed down???
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Giants is the worst with all the birds since years...
See the link above in my post:-)
See the link above in my post.
That's not fair astavista007 tell us
which leading hypermarket is this?
Most of the time you will observe decayed vegetables (mainly Tomato and green chillies) full of foul smell in many of the Hypermarkets including Family Food center/Quality HM and LULU's.Not only this - There are many cafeterias where they sell 3-4 old days of food yet no one is taking actions.Can any one give me the working & responsive number for Municipality authorities?
Most of the time you will observe decayed vegetables (mainly Tomato and green chillies) full of foul smell in many of the Hypermarkets including Family Food center/Quality HM and LULU's.Not only this - There are many cafeterias where they sell 3-4 old days of food yet no one is taking actions.Can any one give me the working & responsive number for Municipality authorities?
I guess there were some mice ... I saw them also in a building that houses another popular supermarket and diamond/gold sellers ...
We need more ferocious cats in this country ...
Is LULU hypermarket safe for buying vegetables ?It seems it also is in same league as villagio Carrefour ?
Now that Carrefour Villaggio is no longer a one stop shop, I have stopped shopping there. This is going to significantly affect their business as I am sure others will act the same as me. As for the secrecy, if a news paper can't establish the facts behind the closure, what chance do we stand. It's slightly reassuring that the ministries can be seen to be taking action, but their failure to disclose their reasons is some what disconcerting. The question in my mind is; How safe are the other Carrefour F&V sections? Surely they are all supplied from the same source?
See link below:
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/2223754
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/2238811
See links below:
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/2223754
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/2238811
This is n carrefour villago
leading hypermarket in Doha
Why they never publish the name of the offending company.
"the said hypermarket". Where was the hypermarket's name said?
Who is the moron who wrote this article?
We were in the 'new' safari a few days ago,and a mouse ran from under the shelves near the pasta and under the one opposite! lookout for mice droppings in the bags now!
As a newspaper they should have found out the facts rather than publishing this rubbish.