Fast food outlets fined in capital

Teams of the ICTA visited food outlets and found rotten vegetables, and expired boxes of food at a pizza outlet

ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Islamabad have penalised a number of food outlets for unhygienic conditions, poor food quality, and for not paying their staff the minimum wage.

Teams of the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) visited various food outlets and found rotten vegetables, and expired boxes of food at a pizza outlet. Determining the quality of the food to be ‘unsatisfactory’, the inspection team fined the outlet Rs40,000.

Similarly, the team also observed unhygienic conditions and rotten vegetable at a popular burger chain. They also found the restaurant was using cylinders of carbon dioxide without undertaking proper precautionary measures. Moreover, they were found to be underpaying their staff. A fine of Rs30,000 was imposed on the outlet.

At a tea and coffee cafe, the ICTA staff found that kitchen staff was not wearing any headgear or gloves, as required. Criminal cases were registered against these outlets.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st, 2017.