Food Authority Conducts Operations in Nowshera, Peshawar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority conducted major operations in Nowshera and Peshawar and seized 5,715 kg of non-standard food including mutton liver and meat.
According to KP Food Authority spokesman, food authority destroyed seized sub-standard food.
He added that ‘kaleji’ (mutton liver) and meat were being supplied from Punjab to Peshawar, Mardan and Nowshera. Spokesman said that different localities in Nowshera and Peshawar were raided in operations by inspection teams. Nowshera team, in an operation in Shireen Koto, seized 1,080 kg of non-standard butter and malai from a vehicle and destroyed it, he said.
Nowshera Food Safety Team also imposed heavy fines on owners, he added. Whereas, acting on a tip-off, Peshawar Food Safety Team checked several warehouses on Ashraf Road. Team seized more than 1,700 litres of fake energy drinks from a warehouse and destroyed them on spot, spokesperson said, adding that team sealed godown and imposed heavy fines on the owners.