MARDAN
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety & Halal Food Authority (FS & HFA) Wednesday disposed-off over 50,000 liters of counterfeited and substandard cold drinks, nearly 4,000 kilogram of China salt, over 6000 packs of low quality pops along with 1200 kg of mislabeled reels seized in operations during the last three months.
According to a handout, Deputy Director FS & HFA Mardan Division, Kamran Khan said over 50,000 liters of counterfeited cold drinks of multinational brands along with substandard beverages were seized in 13 raids across the Mardan district.
He said 172 sacks of China salt weighing nearly 4000 kg were recovered from several godowns in eight different operations adding that mislabeled reels amounting to 1200 kg were seized from 21 ice-ream and pops industries. He said the low quality pops were seized from dozens of shops and pops industries located across Mardan.
The official said the disposing-off took placed at a designated spot. He said the FS & HFA field teams were committed in provision of safe and hygienic food to the general public and the quality of food was being monitored regularly by daily inspections.
President All Sweets and Bakers Association Mardan Division, Ghulam Habib Salarzai and President Khwaja Gunj Baazar, Jehanzeb Khan along with other traders and officials of FS&HFA were present on the occasion to witness the disposing-off activity.
The traders highly appreciated the struggle of FS&HFA in ensuring the provision of quality food. They also vowed to support the Authority against any culprits operating in the guise of traders and playing with the health of the masses for meager profit.
