Rawalpindi-Shopkeepers and bakery owners in various parts of city are posing serious health hazards to the public by selling expired, unhygienic and substandard food items.
The district government, civic bodies and Punjab Food Department are not taking action against the shopkeepers and bakery owners.
Chungi Number 22, Bakra Mandi, Dhoke Syedan, Tahlimohri, Dhamial Road, Bank Colony, Chakri Road, Shahpur, Gorakhpur, Jarahi, Kehkashan Colony, Rehman Markaz, Kalyal, Hill View, Munawar Colony, Ali Town, Chungi Number 20, Mubarak Lane, Khuwaja Corporation, Defence Road, Dhoke Jummah and suburbs are ideal places for openly selling unhygienic food items, bakery products, milk, yogurt etc. Talking to The Nation on Wednesday, Kanwal Bibi, a house wife, said she bought a pizza from a bakery at Chungi Number 20 and returned home. She added that as she opened the box, she saw fungus on top of it. She said she lodged a complaint with district government against the bakery owner but no action was taken so far. Another citizen namely Babar Khan, resident of Bakra Mandi, said that unhygienic food items are also being sold out in the area by the shopkeepers causing serious health hazards to the locals. He said despite several complaints, district health authorities are not carrying out raids in the locality.
Many others told this correspondent that unhygienic milk and yogurt are being sold at Adiala Road and in many other localities.
A senior officer of Punjab Food Authority, when contacted, said that raids are being carried out against the accused on public complaints. He said raid would also be carried out on the bakery involved in selling expired pizza. Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Noor Ul Ameen Mengal was not available for his comments.
The district government, civic bodies and Punjab Food Department are not taking action against the shopkeepers and bakery owners.
Chungi Number 22, Bakra Mandi, Dhoke Syedan, Tahlimohri, Dhamial Road, Bank Colony, Chakri Road, Shahpur, Gorakhpur, Jarahi, Kehkashan Colony, Rehman Markaz, Kalyal, Hill View, Munawar Colony, Ali Town, Chungi Number 20, Mubarak Lane, Khuwaja Corporation, Defence Road, Dhoke Jummah and suburbs are ideal places for openly selling unhygienic food items, bakery products, milk, yogurt etc. Talking to The Nation on Wednesday, Kanwal Bibi, a house wife, said she bought a pizza from a bakery at Chungi Number 20 and returned home. She added that as she opened the box, she saw fungus on top of it. She said she lodged a complaint with district government against the bakery owner but no action was taken so far. Another citizen namely Babar Khan, resident of Bakra Mandi, said that unhygienic food items are also being sold out in the area by the shopkeepers causing serious health hazards to the locals. He said despite several complaints, district health authorities are not carrying out raids in the locality.
Many others told this correspondent that unhygienic milk and yogurt are being sold at Adiala Road and in many other localities.
A senior officer of Punjab Food Authority, when contacted, said that raids are being carried out against the accused on public complaints. He said raid would also be carried out on the bakery involved in selling expired pizza. Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Noor Ul Ameen Mengal was not available for his comments.
