Punjab Food Authority Barred Sale Of Unhygienic Frozen Meat

Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has barred the sale of unhygienic frozen meat in open market as its 31 samples were found substandard

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Apr, 2019 ) :Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has barred the sale of unhygienic frozen meat in open market as its 31 samples were found substandard.

A press release revealed on Monday that the authority took samples of 115 products of seven companies under the sampling schedule for 2019.

The authority has removed 3,753 packets of six frozen meat products manufacturing companies from the market over failure to meet the food safety standards.

It said the PFA teams removed 2,915 packets of K&Ns, 544 packets of Seasons, 127 packets of Mann-o-Salwa, 164 packets of Hamza Foods, 100 packets of Neat Foods and three packets of Sabroso.

The authority issued fine tickets and served improvement notices on operators of meat companies. These products are not harmful for human consumption; however, improvement space is always present.

PFA Director General Captain (R) Muhammad Usman said the PFA stopped the supply of all failed brands in order to ensure the availability of quality meat in the markets. He said supply of failed brands would remain suspended until improvement.