Bottles of expired syrup seized

LAHORE: Primary and Secondary Healthcare Secretary Muhammad Usman led an operation in the Sundar Industrial Estate and recovered more than 300,000 bottles of expired syrup on Friday.

In this connection, a warehouse of a well-known company and a private godown were sealed by the Health Department in the presence of the health secretary. A special team also lodged a police case against the culprits. The seized syrup bottles were discarded.

Muhammad Usman said the company had placed the medicine to sell while syrup bottles had expired one year earlier. Two truckloads of expired syrups were sold in one million rupees while the rest were to be sold yet. Company’s godown has been sealed situated in Sunder Industrial Estate as well as its unit in Kot Lakhpatt.