PFA forms special monitoring teams

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has constituted special teams to check the food quality, standards and hygiene issues on the eve of Eidul Fitr. In this connection, the provincial food regulatory body has issued a duty roaster of teams.

The food safety teams would be performing duties in three shifts. Meanwhile, PFA Director General Captain (retd) Muhammad Usman would be paying surprise visits to numerous food points to check the performance of the field teams. He has directed officials and teams to keep a vigilant eye on adulterators and counterfeiters.

He said the PFA’s watchdogs would conduct checking of various canteens, café and food court in the parks, recreational places and shopping malls in order to ensure the provision of healthy and quality food for visitors as per the vision of the Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 4^th, 2019.