PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority teams on Thursday conducted operations in Peshawar and Mardan, seizing 600 kilograms of banned Chinese salt and initiating legal actions against the responsible parties.
The crackdown is part of ongoing efforts to combat food adulteration across the province, said a spokesman for the KP Food Safety and Halal Food Authority. Giving details the spokesman said that the Food Safety team also conducted inspections at various businesses, including grocery stores, hotels, and bakeries in Takht Bhai Bazaar and educated the shopkeepers on food safety standard operating procedures.
Director General of the Food Safety Authority, Shah Rukh Ali Khan, commended the successful operations of the food safety teams and issued a stern warning to those involved in food adulteration.