Adulterated milk discarded in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: The officials of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority on Wednesday imposed fine on a university and a hospital besides discarding adulterated milk during inspection.

At Peshawar, Assistant Director Asad Ali discarded hundreds of litres of adulterated milk from a shop on the Dilazak Road.

Assistant Director Saira Niaz and Aneela Mahboob sealed a hotel and charged another one over unhygienic conditions in Hayatabad.

The team imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on a private hospital, Northwest General Hospital and Research Centre, Hayatabad for poor sanitation, unhygienic conditions and violating food safety standards at its canteen.

At Abbottabad, the officials of the authority fined a private school 150,000 for violating Food Safety Act 2014. The teams of the authority also imposed fine on a university in Mardan.

Meanwhile, a meeting decided that Metro Cash and Carry will train food handlers in Peshawar voluntarily. It was decided at the meeting of Director General KP Food Authority Riaz Khan Mahsud and Sagar Mahmood Khan, Heading Quality Assurance at Metro Cash and Carry Pakistan.

Director Administration Muhammad Shoaib and Director Technical Doctor Abdul Sattar Shah also attended the meeting.

Sagar Mahmood added that Metro Cash and Carry is chain of established stores and every item of daily use was available under their roof.