Vehicle carrying hazardous milk impounded

A Punjab Food Authority enforcement team lodged an FIR against a vehicle owner for supplying adulterated milk.

The team seized the vehicle from the Lahore-Kasur Bypass along with prohibited blue drums and discarded 550 litres of the hazardous milk.

The PFA director general said the adulterated milk was intended for supply to Lahore and adjoining areas.

He said that harmful substances including water and chemical powders were found during screening and samples had been sent to a lab for detailed analysis.

He stated food safety checkpoints had been set up at the city's entry points, where 277,330 litres of milk had been screened.