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LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority’s enforcement teams on Sunday sealed eight food businesses including a restaurant and a bakery for failing to meet hygiene standards.
PFA Director General Muhammad Usman said a team had sealed Saddique fish point at Scheme Mor for frying fish in substandard and rancid oil and Al-Fazal Restaurant for selling expired products and non-compliance of instructions.
An enforcement team raided Rahat Bakery in Harbanspura and sealed it after recovering expired food items such as corn oil, juices, cola and energy drinks.
Moreover, the provincial food regulatory body shut down two pan shops for selling ‘gutka’ that is injurious to health.
Published in Dawn, November 26th, 2018
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Nov 26, 2018 09:16am
I don’t know how it is going to benefit but yes something is better than nothing.
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Nov 26, 2018 09:24am
Good job. We are proud that our institutions are working now.
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Nov 26, 2018 10:41am
there should be inpections, fines, and closures each week, not just once every few months.
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Nov 26, 2018 09:49pm
Selling date expired food items can often kill. Look at the case of two small children who died by consuming such foods in Karachi. Much more than cosmetic fines are needed as punishments for selling expired food products.
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