ISLAMABAD: Food adulterators are enemies of society. A comprehensive and sustained campaign is required to defeat these anti-social criminal elements. Food adulterators play with lives of people. We need a pro-active approach against the food adulterators.
Islamabad Mayor Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Sheikh Anser Aziz expressed these views while chairing a fortnightly review meeting of Directorate of Health Services. Top level officers of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) attended the meeting.
The Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has a vision for healthy Pakistan. Under his guidance, MCI is proceeding against food adulterators. Action against food adulterators should be made more effective, fruitful and result oriented, he said.
Meeting was informed that especially constituted teams of Health Services Directorate of the Authority, are raiding in the entire city to ensure the provision of quality edible items as per required health standards during the last two weeks of the month of June.
The meeting was also informed that during the above said period of the month of June, these teams have challenged 06 people and issued 11 notices to the violators of hygiene under sections of PPF Ordinance 1960.
Moreover, Two dozen snacks, three dozen expired items, utensils cracked, chipped, and broken were also confiscated and destroyed there and then while nine food samples from different food outlets have also been collected and sent to a laboratory for further for proper examination.
The chairman has also directed the Directorate of Health Services to continue operation against sub-standard and adulterated food sellers. He has further directed to ensure the implementation of relevant rules and strict action against sub-standards, unhygienic and adulterated food sellers. He has further directed to submit daily progress report in this regard.
