Tag: PFA

PFA seals fake cola drink factory

9,500 bottles of fizzy drinks, raw material of 10,000 bottles confiscated LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday sealed a factory for producing and...

PFA seals food points over substandard operations

LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) sealed various factories and sale points on Sunday over either substandard production or sale in various cities of the province. The...

PFA yet to approve filter plant in Sahiwal: report

SAHIWAL: A water filtration plant at Scheme No 2, Farid Town, has not been operational for the last three months and residents of the...

Styrofoam cups, plates to be banned across Punjab

PFA pens draft to regulate food packaging LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) decided on Monday to ban all kinds of styrofoam cups and plates across...

PFA seals pickle factory, food processing units over substandard production

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Saturday sealed a pickle factory and two food processing units during separate actions in various cities on Saturday. The...

Three children die after ‘consuming toxic sweets’

LAHORE: Three siblings on Monday died after allegedly having poisonous toffees in the Manawan area of the provincial capital. According to the details, the three including...

PFA seals three factories producing fake soft drinks

LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday sealed three illegal factories in Lahore that produced fake soft drinks using the labels of some famous brands. The...

PFA seizes ‘unsafe’ energy drinks in Lahore raids

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Monday seized and disposed of a huge quantity of ‘unsafe’ energy drinks during their raids in different...

PFA seals 17 school canteens for selling banned, unhygienic food items

Food safety teams inspect over 460 public, private schools’ canteens, issue warning notices to 279   LAHORE: A special province-wide drive was carried out in order...

PFA seals 3 popular snack factories, discards thousands of low-quality snacks

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Friday sealed three famous snack factories for using expired and rancid oil in the preparation of nimko and...

PFA seals milk shop for selling adulterated products

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday sealed a milk shop and disposed-off 280 litres of adulterated milk during a surprise visit to the...

New PFA regulation tries to curb infant formula sale: report

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday came out with new rules of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) regarding infant formula manufacturers to promote breastfeeding among infants,...

Private schools request CJP to allow continuing educational activities in Cantonments

Schools defy PFA’s orders of installing water filtration plants   LAHORE: The representatives of private schools on Wednesday pleaded to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP)...

Sindh govt bans Chinese salt

KARACHI: Sindh government on Wednesday announced the ban on selling of Chinese salt called ‘Ajinomoto’ due to its hazardous effects on human health. In this...

Paan sellers threaten to spread their protest countrywide

LAHORE: The traders and sellers of betel nuts and paan on Friday staged a protest outside the Lahore Press Club against the Punjab Food Authority...

PFA helpless against production, sale of substandard milk

LAHORE: With the production and sale of substandard milk reaching a new high across the city, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) too appears to...

PFA bans the production and sale of betel nuts

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday banned the sale of betel nuts (Supari/chaliya) in Punjab and gave a 90-day ultimatum to the...