LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Friday sealed two sweetmeat units in Lahore for using substandard food colour in sweetmeats.
Eighteen tonnes of unhygienic sweetmeat and 21 tonnes of raw material were also seized from the units.
DG Punjab Noor-ul-Amin Mengal, a number of sweetmeat units have been sealed across the province for using inferior quality and substandard products.
Mengal said that 400 tonnes of substandard sweetmeat and 300 cakes have been seized and a fine of Rs100 million has been levied on a renowned sweetmeat unit.
Nine units have been sealed in Lahore, while the PFA has sealed six units each in Multan and Rawalpindi. The authority conducted raids and sealed eight units in Faisalabad and seven in Gujranwala.
Yesterday, the PFA sealed two sweetmeat production units in Lahore and Rawalpindi.