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PFA recovers 80,000 kg worth of expired chocolates in Lahore
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
Photo: foodnavigator-asiaLAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority recovered 80,000 kg worth of expired chocolate in a raid at a local warehouse on Thursday. The provincial food watchdog's raid saved nearly a hundred thousand children from infectious diseases. The authorities recovered two trucks full of expired edibles, set to be dispatched to Faisalabad and Lahore. The persons involved would allegedly repack the chocolates after using chemicals to remove fungus from them, authorities came to know. -
Signed for a then-record transfer fee of 105 million euros, Paul Pogba's arrival at Old Trafford was expected to be pivotal in Manchester United's rise under former manager Jose Mourinho. But, his lack of discipline and regular run-ins with Mourinho made him the subject of immense criticism from pundits and fans alike. His World Cup-winning run with France in Russia gave his United career a second wing. And, after the sacking of Mourinho last December, Pogba was looked upon as the befitting leader who, having overcome his biggest nemesis in Mourinho, would take the Red Devils to places with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the helm of affairs. But, sadly, that day is yet to come. The 26-year-old United talisman has netted 13 league goals (shockingly the best goalscoring season of his career) and registered nine assists in a season that has been marred by poor and inconsistent performances. However, to everyone's surprise, the Frenchman has been included in the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Team of the Year. © Reuters Pogba is the only non-Liverpool or Manchester City player to have been included in the list. With Ederson finding his place between the sticks, Andy Robertson, Aymeric Laporte, Virgil Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold Trent made up the back four. Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho partnered Pogba in the midfield. And, the likes of Sadio Mane, Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling forged the frontline. If the inclusion of Pogba shocked everyone, the fact that he was chosen ahead of Eden Hazard and Mohamed Salah further made the fans pull their hair. While Salah has scored 19 league goals and boasts of 10 assists, Hazard has netted 16 goals and has 13 assists to his name this season. Paul Pogba has been named in the PFA Premier League team of the year. In other news, Theresa May has won politician of the year, and Bran Stark has won the inaugural Not Being A Massive Starey Creep award. — Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 25, 2019 On the other hand, the timing of PFA's decision to include Pogba at the expense of someone like Hazard and Salah couldn't have been worse. Despite a poor run this season, when City was getting ready to visit Old Trafford for what was being looked upon as the game that could potentially decide the title race, the United loyalists still believed in Pogba to come good. But, the Frenchman, once again, came up short. © Reuters For someone who is often labelled as the best United player on the field, Pogba's performance came to fully represent the home side's ponderousness against the defending champions' sharpness. As United's stretched and limited backline defended manfully in the first half, they were coming under increasing pressure because their teammates in front weren't able to create the chances, with Pogba, in his role as the main creator, failing miserably to get the ball to Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford quick enough. While the City midfielders required just one touch to get the ball rolling up front, Pogba was taking four which hampered his team's chances. The United talisman was too often too casual with no perseverance and nerve the fans would've seen from great Sir Alex Ferguson sides of the past. And, early in the second half, when Bernardo Silva burst past a number of United midfielders, with Pogba notably left in his wake, the moment of brilliance from the Portuguese summed up the gulf in class between the two teams. As a United fan there's no way Paul Pogba should be in the PFA team of the year! 2 months playing well and a load of penalties isn't anywhere near decent. Embarrassing to be honest — Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) April 25, 2019 A 0-4 drubbing at the hands of Everton was followed by a 0-2 loss at home for United. And, Pogba's consistent failures on the field, not to mention his casual attitude, continues to prove Mourinho right, making everyone question whether he is the right character and a man worth building a team around. And, United legend Roy Keane couldn't have summed it up any better. © Reuters Going all guns blazing at the Frenchman, Keane minced no words while claiming: "I wouldn't believe a word he (Pogba) says, there's no meaning to it. If you're going to be a good team-mate you have to run back and defend. They said it was heated against Everton – I heard they threw their hair gel at each other". Paul Pogba in PFA team of the year. Seriously ? — Ian Darke (@IanDarke) April 24, 2019 "He's a talented boy, but we've seen him not sprinting back. He's a mature player who's won big trophies and I don't think he leads by example from what I see. I don't know what he's like on the training ground or when they travel. He mentions body language and pride but I don't see it. He's a really talented player but you need more than talent. The really top players make their team and their team-mates better. He doesn't do that. He plays for himself," Keane concluded.
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PFA arrests group manufacturing fake bottles of MNC brands in Lahore
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
LAHORE: Three people were arrested and items and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were recovered during a raid carried out Thursday night by the province's food regulators and police officers, Geo News reported.The Punjab Food... -
PFA calls for energy drinks to be renamed ?highly caffeinated drinks?
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority under its act on Tuesday directed the energy drinks companies to mention 'highly caffeinated drink' rather than 'energy drink' on their products.The PFA said that calling the product as the energy drink is misdirecting... -
PFA seals various factories, food outlets in south Punjab
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
Photo: Geo NewsMULTAN: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) conducted raids in Multan, Vehari, Muzaffargarh and Khanewal on Sunday.A factory located at Bosan Road in Multan was raided and sealed after it was discovered that the factory was involved in... -
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority on Saturday announced to ban the sale and purchase of Chooran (digestive powder) in the province. Noorul Amin Mengal, the director general of the Punjab Food Authority said that in light of the health hazard, a decision has been taken to ban the sale and purchase of Chooran. He said that the item usually consumed by children have excess of Tartaric acid, which could lead to Ulcer and other such diseases. Mengal warned that those involved in the business should quit it as strict action will be taken against them by the authorities from now on.
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LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Saturday seized a factory unit producing cooking oil from animal offals in the Lahore's area of Mozang. According to the PFA Additional Director General Rafiya Haider, during the raid at the site, PFA recovered as much as 2400kgs of animal fats and offals and tins of different brands of Ghee and cooking oil. PFA authorities informed that the unit was secretly working in a residential area, adding that the oil being produced was not suitable for human consumption, and it could only be used for bio-diesel or making soaps. Earlier, on November 24, PFA seized 2300 kg contaminated spices from a number of factory deposits in Rawalpindi's area of Ganj Mandi. According to a PFA spokesperson, the spices were sold under the brands; Iman, Machli and Mor. He added that sawdust, textile colour, and other contaminating agents were recovered from the site during the raid. PFA Director North Bilal Abro maintained that all tests conducted on the recovered substances were proven positive. In another raid at Naswari Bazaar, the authorities sealed a jam warehouse as dead rats were found at the production site. The jam ingredients were being supplied to a number of food production companies. As many as 3000kg jam ingredients were also immediately seized by the authority.
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RAWALPINDI: Punjab Food Authority on Friday seized 2300 kg contaminated spices from a number of factory deposits in Rawalpindi's area of Ganj Mandi. According to a PFA spokesperson, the spices were sold under the brands; Iman, Machli and Mor. He added that sawdust, textile colour, and other contaminating agents were recovered from the site during the raid. PFA Director North Bilal Abro maintained that all tests conducted on the recovered substances were proven positive. In another raid at Naswari Bazaar, the authorities sealed a jam warehouse as dead rats were found at the production site. The jam ingredients were being supplied to a number of food production companies. As many as 3000kg jam ingredients were also immediately seized by the authority. Earlier, the PFA announced to place a complete ban on the production and sale of banaspati ghee by 2020. The decision to place a ban came after a meeting held by the PFA?s scientific committee. According to experts, a large amount of trans-fatty acid and nickel are used in the industrial scale preparation of banaspati ghee. According to PFA Director General Noor-ul-Amin Mengal, the amount of oil and ghee that a Pakistani uses annually is 18kg, whereas, a European only uses a fraction of the said amount ? three per cent.
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PFA officials disposing of the substandard milk. Photo: Geo News LAHORE: Director General Punjab Food Authority said on Friday that as many as 115,000 litres of adulterated and substandard milk have been seized from different cities of the province. PFA DG Noorul Amin Mengal said the actions have been taken in Lahore, Rahimyar Khan, Rajanpur, and Attock. He said that as many as 22,000 litres of milk were seized in Lahore because it was contaminated with chemical, water and other ingredients. PFA also seized 6,000 litres of substandard milk during a city-wide drive in Jehanian against adulterated and substandard milk. Mengal said that in five years time there will be a complete ban on the sale of non-packable milk. The PFA authorities wasted the seized milk in a stream. In its provincial drive against sale of sub-standard milk, the PFA authorities today camped on the entry/exit routes of the city to check the quality of milk being provided to consumers. The authorities warned milkmen that if next time they are found selling poor quality milk, they will be facing court cases.
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[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/1a3545d02f59fdb7264cc5aeaca006fc.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMTIvMjAxNyA4OjU4OjIwIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9bU9iVUdxcDltbXhGWFpqZlVVbG92QT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) will place a complete ban on the production and sale of banaspati ghee by 2020. The decision to place a ban came after a meeting held by the PFA?s scientific committee on Wednesday. The use of banaspati ghee leads to obesity, diabetes, mental, cardiac diseases and cancer. According to experts, a large amount of trans-fatty acid and nickel are used in the industrial scale preparation of banaspati ghee. According to PFA Director General Noor-ul-Amin Mengal, the amount of oil and ghee that a Pakistani uses annually is 18kg, whereas, a European only uses a fraction of the said amount ? three per cent.
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About 31,000 packets of expired imported chocolate was seized from a warehouse in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Photo: Online LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority seized 31,000 packets of imported expired chocolate from Rawalpindi on Thursday, according to PFA. The raid was conducted at a warehouse located on Rawalpindi?s College Road. A huge quantity of expired chocolate was stored at the warehouse. The PFA officials revealed that the chocolates were supplied to super stores and shopping malls. PFA revealed that most of the chocolates had expired even before they were imported. Photo: Geo News screen shot The records reveal that the chocolates had expired even before they were imported, informed the PFA. As a result, the warehouse was sealed and a case was registered against the owners of the warehouse. On June 22, PFA had sealed two sweetmeat production units in Lahore and Rawalpindi. PFA raids, seals sweetmeat production units PFA sprang into action to crack down on sweetmeat vendors in the province ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr The department had sprung into action to crack down on sweetmeat vendors in the province ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Nearly 240 kilogrammes of ready-to-sell sweetmeat and 400 kilogrammes of inferior quality ingredients were disposed of, according to PFA Director General Noorul Amin Mengal.
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PFA cracks down against energy drinks sale at educational institutes
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has begun crackdown against supply of energy drinks to educational institutes across the province, after its ban on sale of all types of carbonated and energy drinks went into effect from August 14. The PFA has issued instructions to all companies manufacturing cold and energy drinks that they cannot supply bottles to any educational institutions and within 100 meters of their premises. The ban became applicable from August 14 and breachers of the ban will face action, the authority has warned. Director General PFA Noorul Amin Mengal said around 120 countries, keeping in view the adverse effects of cold drinks, have restricted sales of such drinks. The ban has been in effect in many countries since 2006, he added. PFA?s Scientific Panel has prepared and passed the Punjab Educational Societies Food Standard Regulation 2017 and graded the food supplied to schools as red, yellow and green levels. After thorough research and consultation with experts around the world, the authority has fully supported the comprehensive operation across the province by making special operation teams with the approval of the board in this regard. Mengal said 701 special operation teams have been assigned in connection with the board's permission and support to implement the ban. With additional input from APP -
PFA seals sweatmeat production units for using substandard food colour
waqas dar posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Friday in yet another raid sealed two sweetmeat units in the city for using substandard food colour in sweetmeats. The units were found to be using low quality ingredients and food colour. Eighteen tonnes of unhygienic sweetmeat and 21 tonnes of raw material were also seized from the units. Led by DG Punjab Noor-ul-Amin Mengal, a number of sweatmeat units have been sealed across the province for using inferior quality and substandard products. Mengal said that 400 tonnes of substandard sweetmeat and 300 cakes have been seized and a fine of Rs100 million has been levied on a renowned sweatmeat unit. Nine units have been sealed in Lahore, while the PFA has sealed six units each in Multan and Rawalpindi. The authority conducted raids and sealed eight units in Faisalabad and seven in Gujranwala. ?All units were selling cheap, unhealthy, cancer-causing food colour and chemicals,? Mengal told Geo News. Up till now 36 units have been sealed across the province and fines of Rs1.9 million have been levied. Yesterday, the PFA sealed two sweetmeat production units in Lahore and Rawalpindi. Nearly 240 kilogrammes of ready-to-sell sweetmeat and 400 kilogrammes of inferior quality ingredients were disposed off, said Mengal. -
geo_embedgallery LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday sealed two sweetmeat production units in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The department sprang into action to crack down on sweetmeat vendors in the province ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Nearly 240 kilogrammes (kg) of ready-to-sell sweetmeat and 400 kilogrammes of inferior quality ingredients were disposed of, PFA Director General Noorul Amin Mengal. [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/cf59e5f2aa22099c3dbce050742b04a2.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yMi8yMDE3IDg6MjM6MjYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1nY0FEbENzcjQ1K0tsUDNQVkFrc2pBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ?Cockroaches and other insects were found in the ready-to-sell sweetmeat that was stored the premises? floor,? Mengal said in a statement. Production units of two popular bakers and confectioners were sealed by the authorities. Nearly 1,240kg of low-quality sweetmeat and 690kg of inferior quality raw material was disposed of, the statement informed further.
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PFA seizes 500,000 juice packets from Sheikhupura factory
waqas dar posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/ee6019816170570139f636b857b4f1c5.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8xOC8yMDE3IDU6MTQ6NDAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1hY1ZTcmcveDdvdlVVV3A0SC9XM3V3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Sheikhupura: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) officials seized 500,000 packets of foul juice from a factory on Sheikhupura Road early Sunday morning. Following the action, the factory was sealed, informed PFA Director General Noorul Amin Mengal. He also explained that the raid was conducted upon information provided by the vigilance cell of the authority. It came to PFA?s notice that the factory workers were using rotten pulp and chemicals to prepare juices. Moreover, eight tonnes rotten and substandard pulp was also seized from the factory. The factory which prepares juices of various fruits for a well-known brand does not even use pulp in many of its juices, according to Mengal. PFA seizes 400,000 fake soft-drink bottles from Lahore factory Factory owner opened fire on the PFA team during the raid All the bottles of juice were tested in a laboratory for quality, but they failed to pass. The pulp tank stored inside the factory?s store contained flies and bugs as well, according to the PFA. On Saturday, the PFA had seized 400,000 spurious soft-drink bottles from a factory in Lahore?s Shahdara area. During the raid, the factory owner first threatened the PFA team and then opened fire on them. He managed to escape under the cover of the fire, according Mengal. The factory, which is located on Bara Deri Road, has sold about 3.37 million fake soft-drink bottles of a well-known brand, according to Mengal. The team also confiscated the factory records. A case has also been registered against the suspects.