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LAHORE, Jul 24 (APP):The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) enforcement teams discarded 80,000kg expired frozen meat during a raid on a cold storage facility in Omega Town, Ferozwala on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister.
Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister Salma Butt led the operation, during which teams seized foul smelling, discoloured and decomposed meat including liver, wings, leg pieces and offals stored under extremely unhygienic conditions, said a handout issued here on Thursday.
Food safety teams found that cold storage was operating in violation of food safety regulations with poor hygiene, lack of temperature control and absence of procurement and sale records. Expired meat was intended to be supplied to well known food chains, marts and restaurants. A case was registered against the food business operator and the accused was taken into custody.
Entire stock was declared unfit for human consumption and was discarded on site.
Special Assistant Salma Butt said that no one would be allowed to play with public health under any circumstances and action would be taken without discrimination as per the directions of Punjab CM.
She said PFA’s prompt intervention had prevented a major threat to public health.
She further said that the Punjab Food Authority was actively ensuring compliance with food safety laws across the province and emphasized PFA’s policy of zero tolerance against such violations.