Five milk shops sealed

LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed five milk shops and disposed of 2,400 litre adulterated milk while carrying out an operation against adulterated milk in the areas of Jorry Pull and Harbanspura.

The dairy safety teams have inspected 5,360-litre milk during the operation which was loaded on milk vehicles and available at milk shops. The authority also issued warning notices for improvement to five food business operators (FBOs) including M Masoom, Al-Madina Ghousia, Lajpaal, Punjab Sweets and Data Milk shops.

PFA Director General Irfan Memon said the authority shut down Awal Hamd, Rehman, Bismillah, Mian and Al-Qadri Milk shops over failure to meet the food standards defined in Punjab Pure Food Regulations.

He said that milk was disposed of after it was proved that milk had contamination of polluted water and harmful chemicals. He said that PFA is checking the milk quality through the latest mobile testing lab.