PFA seals bakery, discards food, adulterated milk

Food watchdog teams vow to continue crackdown against food adulteraters

MULTAN: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed a bakery for providing unhygienic bakery items and discarded good quantity of substandard food items in the city on Friday, besides imposing a fine of Rs38,500 on five bakeries and sweet shops.

The PFA teams sealed Al-Khair Sheerein Bakers during an operation held under supervision of food safety officer.

In addition, 30 litres rancid oil, 35 packs of non-food grade colour, 14 litres adulterated rabri milk and some other food items were discarded on the spot.

Spokesman for PFA said the teams were active against adulterators and unhygienic food providers. In this regard, a bakery was sealed for presence of a washroom in the production area, uncovered food items, keeping food items on ground level, presence of cobwebs in production area and smelly working environment.

The PFA teams established pickets in Vehari and discarded huge quantity of adulterated milk. Further, teams have served warning notices to dozens of confectionaries in three districts of Multan for not conforming to PFA instructions across the city.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 11^th, 2017.