Chiniot juice factory sealed for using rotten guava

LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday sealed a fruit juice factory in Chiniot district for using rotten fruits to make juice, ARY News reported.

According to details, a PFA team raided a juice manufacturing plant in Chiniot district and found that rotten and infected guava being used for making juice. The guava were disposed off immediately and the factory was sealed.

On the other hand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Authority, in its anti-adulteration drive, sealed 13 food points over unhygienic practices and violation of food safety rules.

The food authority’s spokesman said that the authority’s teams sealed six food points in Mardan, five in Dera Ismail Khan, one in Bannu and one is Swat.

It is pertinent to note here that last month, the PFA also sealed a factory for producing substandard fruit juice and selling it with the name of a popular brand.