
PFA Lodges FIR, Seizes Counterfeit Plastic Bottles
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published July 27, 2025 | 08:20 PM

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Jul, 2025) The enforcement team of Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has lodged an FIR against the owner of a plastic bottle manufacturing unit for supplying counterfeit packaging material to fake beverage manufacturers during a raid on Ferozepur Road.
Food safety team confiscated 1,100 fake plastic bottles of various popular brands, two moulding dies, a blowing machine and nine sacks of preform plastic (raw material). Operation was carried out under the directions of PFA Director General Muhammad Asim Javaid.
DG Asim Javaid said that the unit was operating secretly inside a residential house and producing counterfeit bottles using substandard plastic in clear violation of food safety laws.
He added that the bottles were intended for use by manufacturers of counterfeit beverages.
He said the vigilance team acted promptly on a tip off and successfully foiled the supply of the counterfeit bottles before they could reach the market. He stated that strict legal action is being taken to eliminate the supply chain of fake and hazardous food products. "We have a zero-tolerance policy against food-related forgery and public health endangerment.” said DG PFA
He has requested the public to support the authority in its mission by reporting any suspicious activities related to food safety on PFA helpline 1223.
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