Fake beverages, China salt seized

PESHAWAR: The teams of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority during their recent operations in Mardan, Nowshera, and Swabi seized hundreds of liters of fake beverages and banned China salt, officials said on Wednesday.

They said that a raid was carried out by the Food Safety team in the Pir Sabaq area of Nowshera, where over 800 liters of counterfeit and substandard beverages were retrieved and taken into the possession. Legal proceedings under the Food Safety Act have been initiated against those involved, they added.

In a similar inspection, they said, the team of the authority seized 440 liters of hazardous beverages from a shop in Chota Lahor in Swabi and issued a warning notice to the shop owner. The team also recovered 100 kilograms of banned China salt from a spice manufacturing factory, where fines were also imposed.Director General of the Food Authority Wasif Saeed lauded the efforts of the Food Safety teams for their successful raids.