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MULTAN, Dec 14 (APP): On the directions of the Director General, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) intensified food safety inspections in the division to ensure public health protection, conducting extensive checks at restaurants, bakeries, dairy units and water plants in Multan, Khanewal and Vehari districts.
During inspection operations in Multan, a Bar B Qs and fish outlet at Kotla Tole Khan Chowk was fined Rs 20,000 for poor hygiene conditions, while a milk collection unit at BCG Chowk was penalized Rs 30,000 for substandard nutritional quality of milk. A Misri Patasha manufacturing unit located on New Central Jail road was fined Rs30,000 for unhygienic machinery and failure to produce a water analysis report.
In Khanewal, a bakery at Rashidabad Chowk on Khanewal road was fined Rs 40,000 for using expired food colour and substandard ingredients. Similarly, a sweets and bakery shop in Bihari market was penalized Rs30,000 for adulteration with untraceable ingredients, lack of filtration facilities and storing food in contaminated freezers.
A water plant in Wapda town Phase-II, Multan, was sealed temporarily after its water sample failed laboratory testing and it’s production halted till improvements.
Further inspections in Kabirwala revealed an ice-cream shop in the main Kohiwala Bazaar fined Rs15,000 for failing to mention expiry dates on stored ice-cream, presence of expired soft cakes and untraceable food items. Authorities also imposed fines amounting to Rs 23,000 on a colour and chemical store at Old Sabzi Mandi, Kabirwala, and a general store at Killi Bazaar, Khanewal, for keeping expired products.
In Mian Channu, a marriage hall located at GT Road, 25 Wala Phatak, was fined Rs25,000 for using China salt and open spices in food preparation. Meanwhile, in Vehari district, a restaurant at Abbas Nagar on Mailsi Road was penalized Rs15,000 for using China salt, while a sweets and bakery shop in Basti Mehran Wali, Mailsi, was fined Rs15,000 due to unhygienic storage conditions.
During the crackdown, PFA teams also discarded 15 kilograms of substandard food.