SHARJAH // The municipality is stepping up its campaign to track down illegal pest-control companies, and legal ones that breach safety standards.
Jafaar Ali Jafaar, director of the solid-waste department, said there were 62 certified and licensed pesticide companies in the emirate.
"Any non-licensed company found operating would be closed and its owners prosecuted," Mr Jafaar said.
The campaign is aimed at implementing best standards and minimising risks to the public that unlicensed companies can bring to the public.
The campaign will also target licensed companies that use harmful and banned pesticides.
Offenders can be fined between Dh500 and Dh1,000, and face closure of their company.
* Yasin Kakande
