Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) indicated that breastfeeding reduces the child’s risk of respiratory and digestive infections, prevents anemia, obesity, and diabetes, and reduces the risk of some types of cancers, infections, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). it also reduces the risk of anemia for the mother, helps return the uterus to its normal size, maintains an ideal weight, reduces weight gain, especially after childbirth, and reduces the risk of ovarian and breast cancer and osteoporosis.

Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has decided to lift the temporary ban imposed on the import of poultry meat, table eggs, and their derivatives from Central Denmark Region in Denmark.

SFDA explained that the decision was based on its follow-up to international reports related to food safety in the world, and reports issued by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) indicating that the highly pathogenic avian influenza does not exist in that region.

Coffee is the most consumed beverage, but coffee consumers face a challenge in storing it for fear of changing its original flavor and taste. Many people associate coffee storage with preserving these two components, knowing that when stored incorrectly, it may lead to the accumulation of microbes on it, causing food poisoning.

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) advised to wash dates well with running water before eating it in order to reduce the residues of pesticides and chemicals, if present, and to avoid using the water used to wash it more than once.

It explained that dates are contaminated either by chemical substances such as pesticide residues and heavy and toxic metals, or by physical substances (foreign bodies such as the presence of metal parts), or by the growth of microorganisms (yeasts and moulds).

Each food product has its own state of preservation, and the state and duration of preservation may differ from what is written on the product after opening or cooking. Therefore, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) calls for not mixing surplus foods from Suhoor and Iftar tables with different or surplus foods from different days to avoid exposure to food contamination.

Believing that food turns brown during browning or over-roasting is not a clear evidence of its completeness, safety for consumption, and readiness for eating, as the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has clarified that this may be associated with some harm to human health and the formation of harmful compounds.

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) is intensifying its inspection and control tours of food facilities, storage warehouses and distribution centers in the regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to ensure their compliance with the regulations, requirements of technical regulations and approved food specifications, in order to ensure the safety of products subject to its control.

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has lifted the temporary ban imposed on the import of poultry and its fresh, chilled and frozen products from the Kingdom of Thailand, and kept the temporary ban on eggs and their products continuing.

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), at its headquarters in Riyadh, will host the activities of the 7th "Gulf Food Week" during the period from March 27 to March 31, 2022, in cooperation and coordination with GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) and ​Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO).