KOHAT: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority on Tuesday discarded 5,000 litres of fake and misbranded cold drinks as part of Ramazan exercise to provide pure food items to the people.

The authority also sealed six outlets, including two bakeries and a grocery shop, for selling expired products and banned items.

Talking to mediapersons, the authority’s deputy director operations Kamran Khan said the two bakeries were sealed due to presence of over 100 expired cold drinks, two dozen packets of pops and unhygienic cakes.

Food authority seals six outlets for selling expired products

He added that the grocery shop was sealed for selling China salt, which had been banned by the Supreme Court due to its harmful effects on human health.

Kamran Khan said seizure of adulterated milk with high fat levels and water regularly by imposing heavy fines on the tanker owners had yielded very promising results.

He said a tanker carrying 15,000 litres of milk to Peshawar was inspected by the authority’s team in the wee hours of Tuesday and no harmful chemicals were traced, while the fat level and water adulteration was found according to the authority’s standards, so the vehicle was let go without any further action.

CRACKDOWN: In a crackdown on anti-social elements, the Hangu police held two proclaimed offenders besides 20 drug peddlers and owners of illegal arms.

The operation was carried out in Saddar City, Doaba and Thall tehsil areas on the directives of district police officer Ehsanullah Khan.

The recovery included two Kalashnikovs, five shotguns, a rifle, seven pistols, over one kilogramme of hashish and 157 cartridges.

Cases were registered against five persons for owning illegal weapons.

OUTLAW ARRESTED: The police held a proclaimed offender, who have been at large for 12 years and carried head money of Rs2 million, during checking of people at the Martyrs Square on Tuesday.

The outlaw named Arshad Mehmood was wanted in more than 15 cases of murder and terrorism and was hiding in the mountains of Nasratkhel.

His four accomplices were killed in an exchange of fire with police while he had managed to escape during an operation three months ago. He had come to the city disguised as a layman to avoid arrest. But the police recognised him on the basis of intelligence reports about his presence in the city.

Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2019