PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority conducted a major operation against the adulteration mafia in Peshawar, said a spokesman of the Food Authority here on Sunday. Food safety team raided a spice factory in Mirch Mandi, Chergano Chowk after receiving a tip-off, a Food Authority spokesman said. More than 4,000 kg of non-standard and harmful material in the preparation of Chape Keduran spices was exported and taken into government custody, a Food Authority spokesman said. He said, 200 kg of substandard and unhealthy spices were also seized from the factory and machinery seized, owners arrested, further legal action initiated. Adulteration mafia does not deserve any concession, Director General Food Authority Shah Rukh Ali Khan said. Food safety teams are raiding day and night across the province to root out adulteration, says Shah Rukh Ali Khan. APP
