UAE Minister of Food and Water Security tours Al Barakah dates factory in Dubai Industrial City

• Expansion is strategically aligned with the UAE’s vision to become a world-leading hub for innovation-driven food security

Dubai-UAE: 10 April 2021 – Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, Minister of State for Food and Water Security, has visited the site of a date factory in Dubai that once complete will become the world’s largest privately-owned date processing facility.

The minister visited Al Barakah Dates, a market leader for packaged and processed dates, to review its expansion plans in Dubai Industrial City, one of the region’s largest manufacturing and logistics hub.

Her Excellency was joined by Saleem Mohamed and Yousuf Saleem, Chairman and Managing Director of Al Barakah Dates respectively, and Saud Abu Al Shawareb, Managing Director of Dubai Industrial City. The delegation reviewed the company’s plan to build a solar-powered factory that will cover 600,000 sq. ft and process more than 100,000 tonnes of date and date products annually. They also toured the existing facility, which produces 65,000 tonnes of produce per year.