Seven oil extracting units sealed

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Friday sealed seven oil extracting units and confiscated 16,600 litre oil in a crackdown in the area of Double Sarkan in the provincial metropolis.

On the tip-off of the Vigilance Cell, PFA special teams comprising food safety officers and other officials raided the oil extracting units and found that oil was being extracting there from the fat and filth of animals.

The PFA director general said the raiding teams had seized 39 drums full of fat and 154 blue drums. The units sealed were running with the names of Abdul Hameed, Naeem, Naveed, Hamid, Suni Khurram, Imran and Tariq.

The PFA DG said the oil was supplied in the market after mixing used cooking oil in it. The PFA handed over the confiscated oil to the bio-diesel companies because rancid oil only could be used in preparation of bio-diesel according to the regulations, he said.

Nutrition clinics: The Punjab Food Authority’s Nutrition Clinic Programme has entered the final phase and the nutrition clinics would be functional across Punjab by March 31.

PFA Director General Muhammad Usman said this while addressing the participants in a training workshop held in a local hotel on Friday for the newly-selected candidates for the programme.

The PFA trainers and the heads of the departments concerned trained 50 nutrition experts and 24 public relations officers. The PFA DG said the people could be saved from diseases through creating awareness among them about selection of healthy food. The PFA is not only ensuring provision of safe and healthy food in the province but also improving food safety and nutrition, he said.

He stated the nutrition clinics would be operational in 36 districts of Punjab till the end of March 2019. He added that PFA was taking concrete steps to a sustainable future according to the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Transfers: The Punjab government has issued notification regarding transfer and posting of following officers. Benish Fatima Sahi, Additional Secretary (Task Force) Agriculture, has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary Schools Education, Ali Arshad, under transfer as Additional DC (Finance & Planning) Sialkot, as Additional Secretary (Task Force) Agriculture, Rauf Ahmad, Deputy Secretary Local Government, as Additional DC (Finance & Planning) Gujranwala, and Ijaz Ahmad Bhutta, Additional DC Khushab, as Deputy Secretary (CVT) Board of Revenue. In pursuance of the Establishment Division notification, Flt Lt (R) Imran Qureshi, Director (Estate Management) Lahore Ring Road Authority, has been relieved of his duties in the Punjab to join his new assignment under Interior Division Islamabad.