PESHAWAR: The district administration on Monday sealed two restaurants in Peshawar cantonment and arrested their managers for selling substandard and expired food items.

A raiding team headed by additional assistant commissioner Altaf Hussain sealed a known Chinese restaurant ‘Hong Kong’ and arrested two people, including its manager.

A spokesman for the district administration said the action was taken following an SMS sent to deputy commissioner Riaz Khan Mehsud about sale of substandard and expired food items in the restaurant.

The restaurant is located on the Mall Road. The condition of the kitchen of the restaurant was also unsatisfactory.

Similarly, another team headed by additional deputy commissioner Osama Ahmed Waraich raided a restaurant ‘Jani Kone’ and recovered substandard and expired food items from there. The eatery was sealed and its manager was arrested. It is to be mentioned here that the Jani Kone is owned by Arif Yousuf, an adviser to the chief minister.

Meanwhile, another official said the restaurants and departmental stores sealed during the past some days had been allowed to reopen as they paid the fine and assured the administration to rethink their standard operating procedures and maintain quality of food items.

The official said the raids on eateries and departmental stores would continue to ensure sale of quality food and other items of daily use.

Published in Dawn, July 28th, 2015

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