Saturday, March 30, 2019

6,361 litres of contaminated milk destroyed

LAHORE: Over 6,361 litres of contaminated milk was disposed of by the dairy food safety teams of the Punjab Food Authority while carrying out a province-wide crackdown to curb the sale of tainted milk.The crackdown was initiated on the directions of PFA Director General Capt (R) Muhammad Usman. The teams have inspected 289,829 litres milk by placing screening pickets early morning at the entry and exit points of 36 districts of Punjab.According to details, PFA’s dairy teams have taken milk samples for screening test on the spot and took action against milk sellers over found results not to be up to the mark. Sharing the statistics, Usman said the PFA teams inspected 1,025 milk vehicles in Lahore zone, 591 in Rawalpindi, 357 in Multan and 82 in Muzaffargarh zone. He said the teams disposed of milk over proved contamination of harmful chemicals, powder, urea and water which used for increasing the thickness and quantity of milk. “The execution of pasteurisation law was the only solution to ensure the provision of milk free from any contamination in Punjab,” he said.The DG PFA said the authority was fully committed to getting fruitful results whereas doing work on the project to make Lahore adulteration free food city. He said we were trying hard to make strict rules as punishment against the violators especially adulterators. He said the sale of unpacked/ loose milk would be banned after enacting pasteurisation law by 2022.Eight judicial officers appointed: The Lahore High Court on Friday posted eight district & sessions judges as presiding officers of as many banking courts of Punjab lying vacant for a considerable time.As per a notification issued by the LHC registrar, Abid Hussain has been transferred and posted from Lahore to Banking Court-I Multan, Safdar Saleem Shahid from Lahore to Banking Court-III Multan, Abdul Ghaffar from Consumer Court Multan to Banking Court-III Lahore, Muhammad Azam (OSD) from Lahore to Banking Court-IV Lahore, Ziaul Qamar (OSD) from Lahore to Banking Court-V Lahore, Ms Shahida Saeed from Kasur to Banking Court-VI Lahore, Ali Nawaz from Ahmadpur East to Banking Court Sahiwal, and Pervez Iqbal Sipra from Consumer Court Faisalabad to Special Court (Offences in Banks) Multan.Through another notification, the LHC promoted two Additional District & Sessions Judges, including Muhammad Iram Ayaz and Javed Iqbal Sheikh as district & sessions judges and posted them at Consumer Court Multan and Consumer Court Faisalabad respectively.

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