Over 2000 packs of substandard cold drinks seized in Kohat

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KOHAT: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety Authority (FSA) on Friday seized a vehicle carrying 2000 packs of substandard cold on Indus Highway Kohat.While speaking to the media, Deputy Director Operations FSA, Kamran Khan Yousafzia said that the vehicle was transporting the low quality cold drinks to Kohat from Peshawar when intercepted by the FSA team on Indus Highway.

He added that the operations against fake and substandard cold drinks was in full swing in Kohat since late March 2019, in which nearly 40,000 such drinks were seized along with three vehicles, which were later returned. He added that two distributions points were also sealed in these operations.Yousafzai said that in another operation at ShakarDara, a remote area of Kohat, two outlets were sealed due to presence of harmful ingredients.

He said a total of 58 outlets were inspected by FSA team in ShakarDara, among which a bakery was sealed for using nonfood colours and a grocery shop sealed for selling China Salt. The official said repeated warnings were given to outlets owners after which the violating shops were sealed.

Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Food Safety and Halal Food Authority sealed three factories, two bakeries and imposed fine on several food outlets for producing and selling substandard food items and poor hygienic condition. The KP Food Authority teams conducted operations in main Domel area of Bannu.

During separate actions, three factories, two bakeries were sealed and heavy fine was imposed on several food outlets for producing, selling substandard food items and poor hygienic condition. The KP Food Authority also issued warnings to several others to improve the quality of food and hygienic condition.