PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority raided on different localities in Peshawar and Haripur on the complaints received by the food safety teams during open Khacheries held at Peshawar and Haripur respectively. The teams of FS&HFA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa raided kebab shops on Charsadda Road Peshawar, 600 kg of non-standard kebabs were exported and destroyed with heavy fines imposed, spokesman the FS&HFA said. He said 2000 kg of hazardous pickles were also seized from a warehouse after receiving a tip-off wherein warehouse sale, further action initiated as per Food Safety Act. The schools canteens and kebab shops located on Kohat Road were also checked, spokesperson of the Food Authority said. Haripur Food Safety Team inspects biscuit and foodstuff factories in Hattar Industrial Estate with improvement notices have also been issued to the factories on the principles of hygiene, spokesperson said. The adulteration mafia must be eradicated by all means, Director General Food Authority Shafiullah Khan told media men after quick action from the officials and food inspectors, said the spokesperson. APP
Those who play with the health of the citizens will be dealt with with iron hands, Shafiullah Khan said.
