SUBWAY® OUTLET IN UAE WINS MENU-SAFE® HACCP AND MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION

UAE; October 21, 2010: SUBWAY® Restaurants in UAE, part of the world’s largest sandwich chain with over 33,000 outlets worldwide, has been certified to two food safety achievements: Menu-Safe® HACCP and Menu-Safe® Management.

Dave Shannon, Director of the Menu-Safe® HACCP Certification Body, TSI Quality Services, awarded Marwan Abdul Malik Al-Hamar, Development Agent for SUBWAY® Restaurants in the UAE, and Jean Chedid, SUBWAY® Restaurants Director, with the HACCP Certificate at an event held at the SUBWAY® outlet in Dubai Internet City. Imelda Torres won the certificate for Menu-Safe® Management.

Marwan Abdul Malik Al-Hamar said: “Subway® restaurants have yet again set a new food safety benchmark in the UAE with Menu-Safe® outlet and manager certifications for complying with the requirements and implementing the system. Being certified by TSI Quality Services is an added testament to our commitment to meet local and international standards and rolling out innovative ways to further improve our business and services.”

Jean Chedid said: “We are honored to receive Menu-Safe® HACCP store certification. This highlights our commitment to food safety and quality – extremely important considerations to our customers - and will further strengthen public confidence in SUBWAY®.”

Earlier this year, SUBWAY® restaurant chain in UAE received Approved Trainer certification for Menu-Safe®, the HACCP and GHP food safety management system recognized and approved by several municipalities in the United Arab Emirates. This also made the SUBWAY® restaurant chain the first company with a certified Menu-Safe® Approved Trainer in the country, allowing certified employees to internally deliver Menu-Safe® Management training to SUBWAY® employees throughout the UAE.

Abdul Aziz Basheer Al Shaikh, Dubai Municipality Food Safety Specialist, said: “Subway® has followed their first achievement of gaining a Menu-Safe® Approved Trainer earlier this year by winning certification for Menu-Safe® store HACCP and Menu-Safe® Management. The company’s achievements are a perfect complement to our commitment and dedication to ensure the highest standards in food safety in Dubai.”
Menu-Safe® is a unique GHP and HACCP food safety management system designed specifically for the hospitality, catering and food service industry. The method was developed by world-leading HACCP experts and acknowledged by Codex, and has been proven to improve food safety in businesses of all sizes. For more information about Menu-Safe®, please visit www.menu-safe.com.

SUBWAY® was recently named the No.1 Franchise for 2010 in the prestigious Entrepreneur Magazine’s ‘Franchise 500’ rankings. This is 17th time that Subway has topped the chart, having first won the award in 1988.

Worldwide, the SUBWAY® chain has created over an estimated 320,000 full and part-time jobs.

For more information about SUBWAY® restaurants, its franchise opportunities, real estate requirements and its healthy eating and healthy living initiatives, please visit www.subway.com.

SUBWAY® is a registered trademark of Doctor’s Associates Inc (DAI). Menu-Safe® is a registered trademark of Taylor Shannon International Ltd.