PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority on Sunday sealed two fake spice manufacturing factories on Charsadda Road here.

According to an official of the authority, fake spices were being produced in the units, where over 3,000 kilogrammes of harmful spices were seized. He said harmful ingredients were being used in spices and such unhealthy products were being supplied in different areas of the province.

The food authority official said edible oil was also being mixed in fake spices, which was also seized during the raid.

The authority’s director general Shah Rukh Ali Khan said the crackdown on those selling substandard spices was being intensified. He said legal action would be taken against those involved in production of fake spices.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2022

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