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PESHAWAR, Dec 05 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority on Friday unearthed a major network involved in producing fake and substandard milk seizing thousands of liters of hazardous milk, machinery and raw material during operations in Mardan and Kohat.
Director General of the KP Food Authority, Wasif Saeed said that individuals involved in manufacturing adulterated and unsafe milk deserve no leniency and would face the strictest legal action under the Food Safety Act.
According to the Authority’s spokesperson, the Mardan Food Safety team raided a house in the Saro Shah area of Takht Bhai, where a milk production unit was operating. Thousands of liters of adulterated milk recovered and destroyed on the spot. The team also seized raw materials used in the preparation of fake milk along with the machinery.
Similarly, in Kohat, the Food Safety officials carried out inspections in local markets and tested multiple samples through the mobile food testing laboratory. During the crackdown, the team recovered 1,000 liters of substandard milk from a dairy shop and a supply tanker. The milk was destroyed, the tanker was taken into government custody and the shop concerned was sealed.