Local food watchdog wasted 340 litres of adulterated milk and 68 kilograms of spurious ghee during a crackdown in different spots in Dera Ghazi Khan on Monday.
According to a spokesman for the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), a heavy fine was imposed on the owners of the milk shops in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh collectively.
There were certain shortages of essential ingredients like fats detected in the milk being sold in different markets in the aforesaid districts.
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It would have cost heavily on human lives, infants in particular, after getting into their access, added the spokesman.
At least three vehicles carrying substantive quantity of milk were found with excessive quantity of water were seized as well. It was proved after checking by a lactometer and thus disposed of on the spot.
Three bakeries were also traced for selling stuff prepared with unhygienic and adulterated food ingredients.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 9th, 2024.
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