The hotel, which is managed by the Wafi Group, successfully implemented HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) standards. The hotel, which is managed by the Wafi Group, successfully implemented HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) standards.

Weeks of training and audits have resulted in ‘Menu-Safe’ HACCP certification for Dubai's Arabian Park Hotel, the first three-star hotel in the Middle East to do so.

The hotel, which is managed by the Wafi Group, successfully implemented HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) standards into their food preparation which will safeguard against food safety hazards.

HACCP is an exacting prevention system with key actions in place called Critical Control Points, or CCP, designed to decrease or eliminate physical, chemical and biological hazards in the preparation of the food, but does not focus on the finished product.

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Mark Lee, Arabian Park Hotel’s general manager, acknowledged that the “achievement reinforces our objective of being market leaders within the mid-market hotel segment, not only within the UAE, but also within the Middle East,” while adding the “Chef de Cuisine Girish Babu and his team have worked extremely hard.”

Dubai Municipality-approved Menu-Safe worked with the management of the Arabian Park Hotel to help acquire the HACCP certification.

This included 10 weeks of kitchen staff training and personal audits to result in the prevention of food safety hazards in all aspects of food preparation and production.