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80,000 kg rotten chocolates recovered in PFA raid

The provincial food watchdog officials action saved nearly a hundred thousand children from infectious diseases

By Web Desk
January 16, 2020
The News/Files

LAHORE:  Nearly a hundred thousand children escaped infectious diseases after the Punjab Food Authority  raided a local warehouse  on Thursday and got hold of rotten chocolates.

In the provincial food watchdog's raid, 80,000 kg worth of chocolates were recovered.

The authorities recovered two trucks full of expired edibles, set to be dispatched to Faisalabad and Lahore.

The people would allegedly repack the chocolates after using chemicals to remove fungus from them, authorities came to know.