The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has closed down a snack factory over substandard production and recovered a huge cache of unwholesome food while carrying out an operation against it in the provincial metropolis on Thursday.
The operation was led by PFA Director General Irfan Memon in the area of Kot Abdul Malik, Lahore. He said that the authority has raided Tameem World Foods factory and sealed it due to producing hazardous snacks for children with expired ingredients. He said that expired wheat flour, spices and loose colours were being used in the manufacturing of snacks. He said that the raiding team also witnessed poor cleanliness arrangements, an abundance of insects, cobwebs and nests in the premises of the production area. He informed that the PFA watchdog team has confiscated thousands of kilograms of low-grade food included 100kg adulterated ketchup, 75kg chemicals and 4,600kg expired raw material.
Irfan Memon further said that the provincial food regulatory body has penalized London Snacks unit in Ferozwala with hefty fines over failure to produce a record and the presence of loose colours. The Punjab Food Authority is doing work efficiently to bring the food quality and safety as per the international standards, he added.