The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has unearthed two fake carbonate making factories and confiscated 56,772 litres spurious soft drinks in two different raids conducted in the area of Wagah and Haloki here on Wednesday.
The raids were conducted under the supervision of PFA Director General retired Captain Muhammad Usman. He said that PFA has registered a case along with handed adulterators over to police after apprehended. He said that the teams have caught them red-handed making fake carbonated drinks of different brands with artificial flavours, hazardous chemicals and contaminated water. Meanwhile, PFA has foiled an attempt to supply this consignment of thousands of litres fake drinks in the market while taking timely action against counterfeiters, upon the tip-off. He added that these fake drinks were supplied on bus stations and railway stations across Punjab.
Muhammad Usman said that the use of fake carbonate drinks causes cancer, stomach ulcer and other diseases. He informed that PFA has been discarded over 1,200,000 fake drinks of different brands in the current year. He has appealed people to use homemade juices instead of carbonated drinks. He said that it is the utmost priority of the Punjab Food Authority is to ensure the provision of healthy and safe food for the public. PFA’s watchdogs have seized as many as 56,772 litres ready drinks, 5,000 empty bottles, six gas cylinder, five filling machine, chemicals and a huge quantity of caps and labels during the raids, he added.