RAWALPINDI: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) today (Tuesday) sealed three milk shops and disposed of more than 1,000 litre adulterated milk while carrying out an operation against adulterated milk in Rawalpindi.
The dairy safety teams had inspected a total of 11,810 litre milk during the operation which was loaded on milk carrier vehicles and available at milk shops.
PFA Director General informed that the authority shut down Bismillah and Laraib milk shop and Pak Natural Coal Filter Water over failure to meet the food standards defined in the Punjab Pure Food Regulations.
The PFA DG further informed that the milk was disposed of after it was proved that milk had contamination of polluted water and harmful chemicals. He said that PFA was checking the milk quality through the latest mobile testing lab.
The purpose of the inspection was to ensure the provision of healthy and safe food for the public as per the vision of Punjab government amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, he added.
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