DLP Report
PESHAWAR
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday vowed to further accelerate efforts to ensure a safe and quality food supply, with Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Food Dr Muhammad Israr Khan directing the provincial food authority to tighten monitoring of milk, ghee and cooking oil across the province.
Chairing a performance review meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority (KPFS&HFA) here, Dr Khan said the provincial government was fully committed to providing citizens with hygienic and adulteration-free food and would pursue a zero-tolerance policy against the “adulteration mafia.”
The meeting was attended by Director General KP Food Authority Kashif Iqbal Jilani, Director Operations Muhammad Yousaf, Director Administration Amir Hassan and other senior officials. District field officers joined via video link.
Briefing the meeting, the Director General outlined the authority’s ongoing enforcement campaigns, reform initiatives, newly introduced applications under the Management Information System (MIS), and the ongoing province-wide special milk inspection drive.
Dr Khan said daily inspections, sampling and enforcement operations were being carried out to eliminate elements involved in food adulteration and to safeguard public health.
“Businesses complying with food safety standards will be encouraged, while those manufacturing or selling substandard and hazardous food products will face strict legal action,” he said.
The Special Assistant directed field teams to further strengthen surveillance of milk, ghee and cooking oil. He said enforcement officers should trace the sources of substandard products and initiate legal action not only against those responsible but also seize vehicles used to trCM aide orders crackdown on adulterated ghee, oil mafia
lity,” Dr Khan said honest and dedicated officers would be recognized, while negligence or dereliction of duty would be dealt with strictly under the law.
He also appealed to the public to support the government’s campaign by reporting the production and sale of substandard food items to the KP Food Authority. “Public cooperation is essential for timely action against violators and for protecting the health of citizens,” he added.
