Daily Times

The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday discarded 0.7 million rotten eggs worth millions of rupees at the Solid Waste Dumping Site of Mehmood Booti Lakhodair which were confiscated during raids in the different cities of Punjab.

Talking to media, PFA Director General Captain (R) Muhammad Usman said that rotten eggs were brought at the dumping site after they were seized from Burewala and Chichawatni on Saturday.

He said that putrid eggs were collected from various hatcheries and cold stores on cheap rates by alleged accused. He further said that rotten eggs were to be supplied to different biscuit manufacturers and bakeries for manufacturing bakery items after getting powder from those eggs, but PFA foiled the attempt.

In a query, he said that the purpose of discarding substandard quality food at the dumping site is to conserve the environment and make it eco-friendly for which PFA is carefully following the environmental protection principles. The PFA director general further said that the key objective and mission of PFA is to ensure the provision of quality food in Punjab and to make Punjab’s food adulteration free as per the vision of government.

“The food safety teams and vigilance cell of PFA are fully active in Punjab against the food adulteration mafia and taking strict action against them as per law. I am personally monitoring the activities of operational teams against food business operators,” he said adding that food adulteration mafia cannot save themselves from the eyes of PFA.

Published in Daily Times, October 1^st 2018.