The residents of Mohammedia have become accustomed to occasional sanitary controls of animal products and foodstuffs "Summer season and holy month of Ramadan" which in the end have proven ineffective. Food poisoning continues to occur, accentuating the problem of consumer safety. To this is added the predominance of the informal sector and the worrying deficit in modern slaughter and preparation units for white meat, which encourages clandestine slaughter. Chicken, a preferred and highly consumed food, nevertheless remains pointed at, especially during periods of high heat, a particular period where sanitary priority must be rigorous: if there is a problem that deserves particular attention, it is that of white meat. In certain spaces of several markets in the city, chickens are slaughtered in conditions that do not obey any hygiene rule. The tools used for slaughter are neither washed nor disinfected. The risks to consumer health are everywhere; slaughter in certain Souks which suffer from a notorious deficit in infrastructure and equipment favours risks and accentuates threats to consumer health. The multiplication of dairies, the proliferation of snack bars, small restaurants, and street juice vendors must encourage consumers to remain vigilant to avoid unpleasant surprises. The number of foodborne infections in evolution takes on other proportions during the summer season. Contamination of food of animal origin "meat - chicken" and meat products is responsible for several cases of poisoning. The controls have not dissuaded some who continue not to respect the legislation in force.

Indeed, a small tour in certain points of the city gives an overview of the anarchy and the risks: vegetables, fruits, fish, and other foodstuffs remain exposed all day long without any concern for the negative repercussions on consumers. Street vendors, difficult to control, occupy the public domain to sell often dubious products; the various operations of relocating street vendors explain their proliferation, the only means of subsistence for this marginalised category is this type of trade. Furthermore, Law 31-08 voted in November 2010 on consumer protection constitutes a spectacular advance in the field of consumer law. This law, the fruit of several years of work, aims to legally defend the consumer and to allow associations to have a legal framework to ensure their work. For specialists, the sector is vital and requires an upgrade focused on the integration of all informal economic activities. Efforts must be oriented towards the restructuring of commercial zones on the basis of an urban development plan. The anarchy at the level of certain markets and Souks conveys another image of the city, hence the need for an upgrade in adequacy with the boom that Mohammedia is experiencing and the needs of its inhabitants. The approach, however, must be based on raising the awareness of merchants and traders instead of inflicting sanctions on them. However, all actions cannot succeed without the reorganisation of the sector, the strengthening of infrastructure through the "creation of new markets equipped and endowed with the necessary means of security, hygiene, etc. Be that as it may, citizens must remain cautious and vigilant and obtain food products of known origin from fixed and identified points of sale. The evolution of certain pathogens responsible for foodborne infections is considered by most microbiologists as a phenomenon due to the modification of breeding, slaughter, processing, conservation, and distribution practices, but also to changes in consumption patterns," explains a specialist.

The flourishing of street food stalls, the multiplication of snack bars, collective catering, creameries, and juice spaces are at the origin of numerous problems linked to the hygiene of consumed products, some of which are sometimes of dubious origin. The risks are evident and call on the concerned services to multiply control actions throughout the year to raise the awareness of merchants regarding respect for the law in force and the quality of products exposed for sale in particular. The creation of consumer protection associations in Mohammedia will facilitate access to information, advice, and monitoring.

-* Control of slaughter sites.

-* Creation of new adapted markets.

-* Rigorous control of ice cream points of sale.

-* Control near schools and beaches.