The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed four production units of nimko and discarded 32 maunds unwholesome food while carrying out a grand operation in the area of Allama Iqbal Town and Dholanwal Main Bazaar here on Sunday.
The operation was led by Director General Irfan Memon. All factories were producing unhygienic nimko and snacks with substandard and prohibited food articles which injurious to health. Meanwhile, PFA watchdog team confiscated 900kg unsanitary nimko, 200kg ‘pakoriya’, 100kg chips, 80kg vermicelli, loose colours and spices, later discarded.
Irfan Memon said that authority closed down production units of Haji Nawaz Nimko, Jhulay Lal Nimko Pakoriya, Haji Sahib Nimko Pakoriya and BM Nimko over wrong labelling, fake packing and failure to produce a record. He further said that nimko and other products were being manufactured with substandard chickpea flour, loose adulterated spices and in dirty oil. He said that all manufacturers were also failed to meet the hygienic working environment. He added that it is a heinous crime to prepare any food product with substandard material for minting money. There is no place for all those food business operators who would not follow the rules and regulations of PFA and we make this land narrow for adulteration mafia by rooting out there unlawful businesses.