Fake drinks unit sealed in Nowshera
The provincial food authority has discarded 9,000 litres of spurious drinks
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PESHAWAR:
The provincial food authority has sealed a cold drinks production unit in Nowshera and discarded 9,000 litres of spurious drinks on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Food Authority on Wednesday, the authority’s director-general Riaz Khan Mahsud said that they had received a request from the Nowshera district administration about illegal and spurious drinks manufacturers in the Bara Banda area of Nowshera. “A fake cold drinks production unit located inside a home, has been sealed and 9,000 litres of counterfeit drinks were discarded,” the K-P Food Authority (K-PFA) director-general maintained. He added that over the past week, six such units have been shut. K-PFA Food Safety Assistant Director Asad Ali said that they also discarded more than 2,000 pet bottles in which the spurious liquid was supposed to be filled.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2019.
The provincial food authority has sealed a cold drinks production unit in Nowshera and discarded 9,000 litres of spurious drinks on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Food Authority on Wednesday, the authority’s director-general Riaz Khan Mahsud said that they had received a request from the Nowshera district administration about illegal and spurious drinks manufacturers in the Bara Banda area of Nowshera. “A fake cold drinks production unit located inside a home, has been sealed and 9,000 litres of counterfeit drinks were discarded,” the K-P Food Authority (K-PFA) director-general maintained. He added that over the past week, six such units have been shut. K-PFA Food Safety Assistant Director Asad Ali said that they also discarded more than 2,000 pet bottles in which the spurious liquid was supposed to be filled.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2019.