The ongoing operation by the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) against eateries and food outlets continued on Tuesday as heavy amount of fine was imposed on KFC Mall Road on the charges of using spoiled vegetables, unhygienic oil and rusted freezers.
Another PFA team, under the supervision of Director Operations Ayesha Mumtaaz, raided Tollinton Market and found expired, diseased and unhealthy poultry.
The inspection team discarded around 300 chickens and an FIR was launched against three persons.
Punjab Minister for food Bilal Yassen was also present on the occasion. In the meanwhile, a local ice cream factory was sealed in Shahdra area due to poor hygienic conditions.
Factories producing counterfeit food items sealed:
Meanwhile, the Faisalabad District Administration on Tuesday continued its crackdown against factories playing with the lives of common people by producing fake food and drink items for the local market.
After receiving complaints, Faisalabad Assistant Commissioner Shahrukh Niazi conducted raids on Tuesday and sealed a sweets and confectionery factory in Sadhupura on the charges of producing fake candies for children using hazardous chemicals.
However, when AC Niazi and his team raided a factory being run in a house in a residential neighbourhood, they were attacked by the workers.
When the team tried to arrest five individuals from the illegal soft-drink factory, they were assaulted by workers and residents of the area, creating a situation whereby the factory owners playing with the lives of people managed to escape.
In order to deal with the situation, Niazi summoned reinforcements. The assistant commissioner was able to arrest just one employee while all others managed to escape.
Sources add that the illegal factories had been operating in the area for a long time and after complaints were raised the district administration took notice and began their operation.
Police detain two suspects for selling donkey, horse meat:
The police have arrested two persons involved in selling horse and donkey meat and recovered huge quantity of donkey meat during patrolling in Harbanspura area of the city on Tuesday.
As per details, police stopped a suspected rickshaw during patrolling and found meat of dead animals. Police officials said that the action was taken on the tip-off.
Police detained the suspects namely Abbas and Rafi Masih and registered a case against them with Harbanspura Police Station.
During the preliminary interrogation, the suspects said that they had been supplying meat in different areas of the city.
