Tag: PFA
PFA seals substandard pickle manufacturing units
LAHORE: On the special directions of Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Director General Captain (r) Muhammad Usman, food safety teams on Sunday held a province-wide...
PFA seals five factories for using textile dyes as ketchup colour
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed several factories across Punjab over food safety and hygiene violations.
The factories were using textile dyes to add...
Health of millions at risk as roadside eateries go unchecked
LAHORE: Thousands of roadside stalls are selling substandard eatables right under the Punjab Food Authority’s (PFA) nose while putting millions of citizens’ health at risk,...
83 breakfast points fined for poor hygiene
LAHORE: In a province-wide operation against unhygienic and substandard breakfast food points, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) enforcement teams visited as many as 269 eateries...
PFA discards 7,000,000 rotten eggs
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday discarded as many as 700,000 putrid eggs at a solid waste dumping site, apart from unearthing...
PFA seals four more food outlets along Lahore-Islamabad motorway
Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday sealed at least four fast food outlets in a spate of its crackdown along Lahore-Islamabad motorway, a private media...
PFA directs businesses to register food products by Dec 31
The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has directed business operators to get their products registered by December 31, as all companies are to register their...
Former Saaf Pani CEO appointed PFA head
ISLAMABAD: Former chief executive officer (CEO) of Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC) Capt (r) Muhammad Usman has been appointed as the director general of...
Eatery ‘sealed’ by PFA ‘sorts out’ issues with food watchdog
--Restaurant had come under criticism for allegedly drying serving boards on bathroom floor
--Management labels reports ‘invalid’; assures high standards of hygiene at café
LAHORE: Soon after...
Lahore eatery caught ‘drying serving trays on bathroom floor’
LAHORE: An eatery in the provincial capital has come under fierce criticism on social media for “drying serving trays on the bathroom floor”.
According to a...
PFA uncovers factory making fake soft drink bottles
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday uncovered a factory allegedly manufacturing replicas of bottles of popular soft drink brands and registered an...
PFA seals two factories for substandard food items
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) sealed on Tuesday two factories for supplying substandard chemicals and artificial flavours to adulteration and making fake juices...
PFA enacts new rules for purchase of baby food: report
LAHORE: Pharmacies will provide infant formula products to customers only on a doctor or nurse's prescription, as per the Punjab Food Authority (Baby Food)...
PFA stops 283 unwell cooks from preparing food
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Wednesday declared 283 food handlers ‘ill’ and stopped them from preparing food after the monthly medical screening...
PFA seals five unhygienic food points in Punjab
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday sealed five eateries and imposed a fine amounting to Rs378,500 on 58 outlets for not maintaining...
Nutritionists endorse PFA’s ban on word ‘energy’ on energy drinks’ labels
Expert calls consuming such beverages equivalent to putting ‘substandard petrol’ in car
LAHORE: Following the ban by Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on using the...
Beverage firms directed to avoid using ‘energy’ on drink labels: report
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday warned all energy drink manufacturers to use new labels for their product as per the authority’s...