Majd Mohammad Al Herbawi, director of the Food Safety Department at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, said on Sunday that the ministry has coordinated with Dubai Municipality, as the regulatory body in Dubai, with regards to the withdrawal of Sadia chicken by the Union Cooperative Society.

She confirmed the withdrawal of the Sadia Chicken product by the Union Cooperative Society in Dubai was an internal procedure by the Cooperative Society, which solely bears the responsibility for withdrawing the product and for the announcement that has been circulated across the media.

Al Herbawi also called on community members not to be swayed by unreliable news or rumours about food safety and to refrain from raising unwarranted concerns without verifying their authenticity from reliable official sources, stressing that the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, as well as the UAE food safety authorities, welcome all public inquiries and respond to them directly.

Dubai Municipality earlier clarified that the recall was an internal procedure of Union Coop and it had nothing to do with health requirements set out by the civic body.