Diners who take away meals in “doggy bags” are being asked by restaurants and hotels to sign waivers saying the businesses will not be responsible for the quality of the food once it is off the premises.
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The Sheraton hotel, on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche, has even imposed a ban on food being taken out to avoid any risk of it going off in the summer heat.
The move comes after food poisoning was cited in the recent deaths of four children. Spoiled food was blamed for the deaths of Nathan and Chelsea D’Souza, aged five and eight, who died in Dubai in June after becoming ill following a takeaway meal from a Chinese restaurant.
Also in June, the death of Marwa Faisal, a four-year-old from Sharjah, was attributed to food poisoning, as was the death of two-year-old Rishad Pranav in Dubai last month.
The Kempinski group, which runs a hotel and restaurants in the Mall of the Emirates, is requiring customers to sign waivers that they will not hold the restaurants responsible for the consequences of eating food that they take away.
Source | http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/NATIONAL/707319818/1010