SFA raids several restaurants in Karachi, imposes fine

KARACHI: The Sindh Food Authority (SFA) on Friday raided several restaurants in city’s North Nazimabad area over unhygienic conditions, ARY News reported.

According to the SFA, one of the restaurants was found utilizing the used oil multiple times. The items were also not properly frozen while crockery for serving the food was also not clean. The team imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the restaurant.

The SFA team found hygiene standards were sheerly compromised in food making to the core. The food inspectors said they had previously served notices to the food outlets, but the restaurant owners apparently turned a blind eye to it.

Raids were also conducted in district Malir and Gulshan-e-Hadeed. Sanitary conditions and lack of fumigation facilities were found at the restaurants in some of the Malir outlets.

The SFA team also raided a bakery ‘Friend Bakers’ and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 over poor hygiene.

Similarly another roadside restaurant was fined Rs 20,000 for neglecting health safety standards.

The Sindh Food Authority on March 13 sealed three water plants in its raids in various parts of Karachi.

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As per details, the raids were carried out at water plants in city’s area of Nazimabad and North Nizamabad, where three of the plants were sealed over poor hygienic conditions.

The four water plants were asked to get their licenses from the Sindh Food Authority.

In another raid at a confectionery factory situated in Korangi Industrial area, the SFA team slapped a fine of Rs 100,000, after finding expired items in the premises and lack of cleanness arrangements.