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Muscat Municipality announced the readiness of its slaughterhouses in Seeb and al-Amirat to receive the public during and before Eid al-Fitr, confirming the completion of the veterinary medical staff, and the provision of a sufficient number of butchers, workers and cleaners.

The Directorate General of Health Affairs of Muscat Municipality shall supervise the the operating company by making sure there will be enough staff to ensure efficiency of the equipment and the availability of tools to meet the Eid rush. As well as providing them with the latest slaughtering equipment and devices in the preparation of meat in terms of processing, cooling, transportation and storage under the supervision of a specialized technical and veterinary staff.

As for the working periods, slaughterhouses will be reserved for individuals from Monday Ramadan 26, 1444 AH, corresponding to April 17, 2023 from 6 am to 1 pm, while the period reserved for companies will be from 7 pm to midnight. To speed up the slaughtering processes and delivery to public and to avoid increased pressure, all working periods will be allocated to the public only from Friday 30 Ramadan 1444 to the second day of Eid al-Fitr. Where the morning period is from 7 am to 2 pm for slaughtering sheep and goats only, as for the evening period from 4 pm to 8 pm, it is set for slaughtering cattle, cows and camels only.

The statistics recorded by the slaughterhouses of Muscat Municipality indicated the number of carcasses before and during the days of Eid al-Fitr, which amounted to (7,716) sacrifices in 1442 Ah/ 2021, while the number of sacrifices last year reached 1443 Ah/2022 ad for (7,494) sacrifices.