Huge quantity of fake soft drinks seized

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday foiled an attempt to supply thousands of litres of substandard and counterfeit carbonated drinks after taking a timely action against adulterators in Ferzowala area. The authority has discarded 15,000 bottles of 1.5 litres prepared fizzy drinks during the raid. The raiding team also confiscated 18,000 empty bottles, 11 gas cylinders, three filling machines, mixing machines, caps of different brands bottles and a huge quantity of fake labels. A raid was conducted against the illegal beverage factory on the tip-off by vigilance cell. PFA Director General Captain (retd) Muhammad Usman said a consignment of ‘harmful drinks’ was being prepared to supply on the eve of Eid and during Ramazan. He said the factory was producing fake soft drinks of the different popular brands of carbonated drinks by using artificial flavours, chemicals and impure tap water.  

Published in The Express Tribune, May 8^th, 2019.