PESHAWAR
\nThe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority continued its province-wide crackdown against adulteration and substandard food items on the weekend under the provincial government\u2019s Ramazan Plan, destroying large quantities of unsafe food and sealing a hotel in Peshawar.
\nAccording to the authority\u2019s spokesperson on Sunday, food safety teams carried out inspections in several districts and confiscated hundreds of liters of adulterated milk, unsafe and rancid cooking oil, substandard beverages and dead chicken.
\nThe seized items were destroyed on the spot, while heavy fines were imposed and improvement notices issued to a number of food businesses.
\nIn Peshawar, inspections were conducted under the supervision of Director General Kashif Iqbal Jilani and Director Operations Muhammad Yousaf.
\nTeams visited kebab shops and samosa and pakora outlets at Jameel Chowk (Ring Road), Taro Jabba and adjoining areas. Cooking oil was tested on the spot through a mobile food testing laboratory. One hotel was sealed over poor hygiene and use of substandard oil, while several vendors were fined and unsafe oil and ghee discarded.
\nThe Town-III team also inspected markets and the Industrial Estate in Hayatabad, where samples of cooking oil and spices were tested and expired items destroyed.
\nDuring an inspection of a beverage manufacturing unit, officials found counterfeit drinks being prepared under the name of a well-known brand.
\nAround 200 liters of substandard beverages were destroyed and heavy fines imposed. Improvement notices were issued for compliance with food safety standards.
\nIn Abbottabad, the food safety team set up a checkpoint at Muslimabad Check Post and inspected food items entering the district from late night till early morning using the mobile testing laboratory. Approximately 300 liters of adulterated milk were seized and disposed of. Oil used at various iftar stalls was also tested and found to be unsafe in some cases, leading to its disposal.
\nIn Charsadda, teams intercepted a vehicle carrying dead chickens during early morning inspections of food transport vehicles. The consignment was confiscated and a heavy fine was imposed. Inspections were also conducted in the Sherpao branch area, where improvement notices were issued over hygiene lapses.
\nIn Malakand, inspections at Thana Bazaar covered grocery stores, meat shops, milk sellers, kebab shops and bakeries. At a butcher shop, 30 kilograms of minced meat adulterated with a prohibited color were recovered and destroyed, and a fine imposed.
\nSimilarly, in Lower Dir, teams set up a blockade at Chakdara Interchange during Sehri and tested milk supply vehicles through the mobile laboratory. Adulterated milk was destroyed on the spot and fines imposed.
\nIn Swabi, under the supervision of Director Technical Dr Abdul Sattar Shah, inspections were carried out at Topi Bazaar and the vegetable market. A kebab shop was fined for using non-food-grade color, while another outlet was penalized for using unsafe oil and substandard coloring. Around 270 liters of reused oil were recovered from pakora and samosa shops and destroyed.
\nKashif Iqbal Jilani, the director general lauded the performance of the teams and said operations against adulteration and unsafe food would continue without interruption, adding that there would be no compromise on public health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority continued its province-wide crackdown against adulteration and substandard food items on the weekend under the provincial government\u2019s Ramazan Plan, destroying large quantities of unsafe food and sealing a hotel in Peshawar. According to the authority\u2019s spokesperson on Sunday, food safety teams carried out inspections in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-534281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n