Large quantity of substandard peas seeds recovered in Haripur

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A raiding team of Federal Seed Certification (FSC) recovered huge quantities of substandard and fake peas seeds during a raid in Haripur on Wednesday.

According to details, a raiding team of FSC under the supervision of Dr Khalid Mehmood conducted a raid in seeds market near Dengi Pul area of Haripur.

During crackdown thousands of kilograms of forged seeds of peas, other vegetables and crops worth millions of rupee were recovered.

The federal government has directed strict measures against elements involved in business of fake seeds, agricultural sprays and medicines.

Every year the farmers had to suffer billions of rupee losses due to fake seeds and low quality agricultural sprays which not only hurt the growers but also affect the overall production of the country.

Director enforcement FSC, Dr Khalid Mehmood said that for facilitating the farmers, a helpline will be introduced soon which will remain functional round the clock to receive complaints of farmers and take appropriate action over them.