DATES AL ARAB – SAFETY & QUALITY

  • Dates Al Arab is a professional supplier of the premium dates. It endeavors to achieve quality in all aspects of Production, Processing, Marketing and Management, ensuring that it meets the quality and safety requirements of the Products and that of the Consumers, whilst ensuring that all national and international standards are met.
  • Training is provided to all Staff on quality and safety requirements as part of the job training. A strict system of the medical check for all employees working in direct contact with the products is in place.
  • Dates Al Arab management provides all employees with the facilities and methods that enable them to perform their jobs safely and properly. Safety measures (safety shoes, goggles, gloves, masks etc.) are provided wherever required. Rules and directives for safety precautions are communicated and displayed at the working areas as relevant.
  • Selecting dates carefully during harvesting by ensuring they may not come from any non-genetically modified trees if planted any, where the usage of Pesticides are minimum so that there is no pesticide residue on the date fruits and where the light traps, pheromone traps and other eco-friendly pest management options are adopted. We check and ensure that only the required quantity of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers, of the required Quality, is been used to ensure that the Soil Fertility were maintained.
  • Before sorting and selecting we also make sure if the farms carry out irrigation carefully to ensure that the quantity and quality of the product are optimized.
  • Harvesting technique and procedure: Optimum timing (right ripening stage, right moisture content etc.), careful fruit picking etc. is done and the dates are delivered to the Factory, immediately after harvesting.
  • Incoming materials are inspected and stored in proper storage conditions as per the relevant operating procedure.
  • The dates are cleaned and sorted for size, colour and defects, based on requirement using the latest technology. The dates are also gets fumigated only upon customer’s demand.
  • While manufacturing the products, all safety and quality requirements are fulfilled thoroughly and only after quality clearance, the goods are shipped out of the factory.
  • We pay attention to site management, environmental and occupational safety. Health risks associated with the site are inspected. Sanitation, disinfection and cleaning are observed including waste management.
  • The dates, after manufacturing, are kept in fully temperature-controlled conditions and are transported to the customer’s facility also under temperature-controlled conditions.
  • Thus, at Dates Al Arab, Consumer safety and product quality is always top of mind.