PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority (KPFS&HFA) on Saturday carried out a massive crackdown against food adulteration in various districts and unearthed counterfeit beverages factories.
According to detail, the officials of the authority raided factories in Bannu and Nowshera. In Bannu the official on the information raided a spice factory and recovered more than 800kg of adulterated spices. The officials also recovered the bran and other unhealthy ingredients that were being mixed in the preparation of spices.
The authority also recovered 1100kg of misbranded packing material during the raid on pops factory selling the products in the market in Bannu.
In another raid in Nowshera by the officials of the Food Safety Authority, they recovered fake beverages from the factory on branded names and more than 10,000 litres of unhealthy beverages confiscated from the factory.
The officials during the raid recovered 2500kg of unhealthy chemicals and packing materials. The officials also raided a bakery unit in Bannu and sealed it over use of non-food grade colour and poor hygiene. Legal action was taken against all those arrested during the raids.
