The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has confiscated a massive cache of expired chocolate (80,000KG) after inspecting two fully loaded trucks and a warehouse near Sheikhupura Road, Faisalabad.
An undercover operation was conducted to target the responsible party under the supervision of PFA Director General Irfan Memon by placing pickets at different points.
The DG said that the authority has registered a case against a supplier named Waseem Aslam and handed him over to the police after he was apprehended.
He said that Waseem was trying to supply fully loaded trucks with expired chocolates to Faisalabad after purchasing from a private production unit. Still, PFA has foiled an attempt to supply thousands of kilograms bonbons/chocolates.
He said that expired chocolates had to be supplied in the market of Faisalabad and its surrounding areas after repacking and removing fungus by using chemicals.
Irfan Memon further said that PFA also raided a warehouse near Sial Flour Mill at Faisalabad Road using the information of the supplier about the main stock of expired products.
During the last month, Punjab Food Authority had also discovered 12,000 kg of substandard edibles from a factory located at Kasur Road, Lahore. During the raid, PFA officials found that the factory administration had stored said products in an open container. The substandard material has been confiscated and will be discarded as per PFA guidelines, said DG PFA.
Kolsons should be destroying expired products instead of selling it. It’s only hurting its own brand by selling it off. PFA should take action against Kolsons too.
allah hu akbar… what ever we do or what ever action the organizations take, they will still provide us with hazardous and chemically filled food. there has to be a strict action and example for all…the govt just confiscate or throw these bad quality eatable items but thats not the solution, the main perpetrators(owners and big names attached to these filthy organizations should be showed to the public, and terrorist act case should be opened up
weldone keep it up must get rid of the mafias indulging in such nefarious activities
Well done! Great effort.