Summary
- GUJRANWALA: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed a snack manufacturing unit on Noshera Virkan Road after finding allegedly substandard cooking oil and fungus-affected snacks during an inspection.
- PFA officials said the sale and purchase of prohibited gutka was banned and warned that action would continue against businesses found dealing in banned or unsafe food products.
- The authority said its vigilance and food safety teams were conducting inspections to prevent adulteration and other violations, adding that action against businesses compromising public health would continue.
GUJRANWALA: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed a snack manufacturing unit on Noshera Virkan Road after finding allegedly substandard cooking oil and fungus-affected snacks during an inspection.
The action was carried out in Sheikh Town under the supervision of PFA Deputy Director Operations Uzma Shehzadi, according to the authority’s spokesperson.
The inspection team disposed of 500 litres of excessively used cooking oil and 167 kilograms of fungus-affected nimco and papad found at the unit. The authority said the snacks were being prepared using substandard and repeatedly used oil and were intended to be supplied to wholesale markets in attractive packaging.
The PFA said the premises also had poor sanitary conditions, with flies and other insects found in the production area. Workers were reportedly not following basic personal hygiene practices, while food items had been placed directly on the floor.
The authority further said that medical and training certificates of the workers, along with other required records, were not available for inspection.
The operation formed part of a wider campaign against violations of food safety regulations across Gujranwala division, according to the PFA.
In a separate action in Gujrat, food safety officials seized 380 sachets of prohibited gutka from a cold corner in Mohalla Muslimabad and registered a case at B-Division police station.The seized gutka included 290 sachets of JMK and 90 sachets of One-to-One.
PFA officials said the sale and purchase of prohibited gutka was banned and warned that action would continue against businesses found dealing in banned or unsafe food products.
The authority said its vigilance and food safety teams were conducting inspections to prevent adulteration and other violations, adding that action against businesses compromising public health would continue.
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