The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has ramped up its operations against the sale of substandard and adulterated food.
The food safety teams inspected milk tankers, dairy manufacturing units, water plants, and snack factories, taking stringent action against violators.
During a checkpoint at 18-Kassi, officials tested 27 milk tankers and discarded 1,700 liters of adulterated milk found lacking natural fat and essential nutrients.
Additionally, five milk suppliers were fined Rs 55,000. A dairy unit owner was booked after samples of desi ghee failed quality tests due to the presence of substandard ingredients at Aziz Hotel Chowk.
In Kotli Najabat, a water purification plant production was halted till improvement after its samples failed safety standards.
Similarly, a snack factory in Basti Thaheem Wali faced a Rs 20,000 fine for using untraceable and potentially harmful ingredients in papad production.
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Good initiative taken by Punjab food authority to check Al Aziz hotel and snack food industry.
Just discarding the adulterated milk is not enough. They will do again tomorrow. Hanging the culprits is what is required
Repugnant loose milk is being sold because the government increased the price of packaged milk by imposing a sales tax. This is a country where people are already suffering from malnutrition.