Peshawar
In another significant step towards providing safe and healthy food items to people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial government has launched five more state-of-the-art mobile food testing laboratories here on Tuesday. The launching ceremony was held at the Chief Minister’s House, Peshawar, with the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, as chief guest. Members of the provincial cabinet, members of provincial assembly, Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Additional Chief Secretary Planning and Development Ikramullah Khan, senior officials of the Food Department, and representatives of international partner organizations also attended the event.
During the briefing, it was told that these food testing laboratories would provide free of cost testing services for food items in the densely populated districts of the province adding that Seven mobile food testing laboratories under the Halal Food Authority are already offering free food testing services at the divisional headquarters level. It was further informed that ensuring the availability of healthy, clean, and adulteration-free food items is one of the key components of the Chief Minister’s 99-point Awami agenda.
