LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) claimed on Wednesday to have unearthed a manufacturing unit producing carbonated drinks of different popular brands in Bara Marada village on Sharqpur Road. The authority discarded 6,000 litre spurious carbonated drinks; 4,350 empty bottles; 3,000 lids, 250 litre syrup, 180kg of prohibited ingredients and 75kg counterfeited packing material during the raid. The authority confiscated 12 cylinders, three filling machines and a generator.
PFA Director General Raja Jahangir Anwar said the authority also filed an FIR against the factory owners on account of adulteration and forgery while handing the two accused over to the area police for further investigation in order to nab the group involved in this heinous crime. He said that fabricated fizzy drinks were being prepared with loose colours, hazardous chemicals, artificial sweeteners and unclean tap water. The PFA DG said that substandard beverages were to be supplied to the different local shops and marriage halls in the areas of Lahore.