The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) continued its crackdown against adulterated milk across the province and disposed of 1,300 litre chemically contaminated milk amid the ongoing coronavirus.
On Thursday, dairy safety teams under the supervision of PFA Director General Irfan Memon conducted raids on various milk shops in the area of Gulberg, Ferozpur and Gopal Nagar. He said that PFA has visited 211 milk points and examined the quality of 28,000 litres milk in a daylong operation.
He said that 32.5 maunds tainted milk was discarded after it was proved that milk had contamination of polluted water and harmful chemicals. Meanwhile, adulterated milk was being sold by Mashallah Milk Shop in Gulberg and Bulleh Shah and Hamiyon Gujjar Milk Shop in Gopal Nagar. He said that adulteration is a heinous crime and adulterators would be dealt with iron hand.
The director general further said the wicked practice of adulteration in milk is being exposed in the checking of milk through lactoscan milk analyser machines. Irfan Memon said that PFA food safety officers are being sent to the field wearing full protective clothing. The authority also screened the food business operators for COVID-19 with the help of thermal guns.