United Arab Emirates: records to keep

“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.

• LawDubai: a documented food safety programme based on HACCP, approved by Dubai Municipality, kept on site and reviewed at least every year, with audit reports kept 4 years (the Dubai Food Code 3.1.3).
• LawDubai: Foodwatch is compulsory. Every food business registers on it and keeps its food safety records there (Dubai Municipality's circular, June 2017, with a yearly fee of AED 1,500). Chef Hygiene is an extra helper and never replaces Foodwatch.
• LawAbu Dhabi: a food safety management system based on HACCP for every food business, and food temperature and thermometer calibration records kept 3 years (Regulation No. 6 of 2010, Art. 100 and 41).
• Official guidanceSharjah: the Sharjah Food Safety Programme audits good hygiene practice (GHP) records, and asks caterers for a HACCP certificate. In the other emirates a HACCP-based plan is good practice.