PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has intensified crackdown against substandard, adulterated and hazardous food items carrying out inspections of slaughterhouses, flour mills, meat and chicken shops, hotels and other food businesses in various districts.
According to details released by the authority, food safety teams conducted inspections across the province and took legal action against violators and imposed heavy fines besides closing businesses.
Teams inspected meat shops and hotels here along Charsadda Road and hazardous food colors. Similarly, chicken selling shops were sealed in Mardan and Baghdada for violation of hygiene standards.
In Swabi, the food safety team inspected the government slaughterhouse in Shagai early in the morning and issued an improvement notice over poor sanitation and inadequate basic facilities while in Umarzai Bazaar Charsadda, substandard chips were recovered and confiscated from the warehouses of two wholesalers.
Inspections were carried out at slaughterhouses and vegetable and fruit markets in Khwazakhela, Matta and Charbagh Swat where improvement notices were issued for various violations.
In Lower Chitral, food safety teams inspected meat shops, bakeries and kebab outlets in Drosh Bazaar. Several shopkeepers were issued warning notices over poor hygiene conditions.
In Khyber district, food safety teams established checking points to inspect meat, chips, milk and other food items being transported to Jamrud, Landi Kotal and Bara.
The Director General KP food authority reiterated that ensuring the provision of safe, hygienic, quality and halal food to the public remains the authority’s top priority.