PFA Hygienic Schools To Be Set Up For Shopkeepers

Fakhir Rizvi Published March 29, 2017 | 10:45 PM

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Mar, 2017 ) : The Punjab Food Authority Hygienic Schools will be set up to give training to shopkeepers about preparation of pure food and its benefits.

This was stated by Food Minister Bilal Yasin along with Addition Director General PFA Lubna Rashid speaking during an awareness drive for shopkeepers at Wahdat Road on Wednesday. On this occasion,free food safety kits were also distributed among shopkeepers to aware them about the pure and hygienic preparation of food.

They said that adulteration in edible items would not be tolerated at any cost and stern action would be taken against those who were found guilty.

They said that seminars,awareness drives and other informative programmes being arranged to aware people about pure food and its impact on health.

They said a paln was being contemplated to set up Food Authority Hygienic Schools as a part of the awareness drive. Meanwhile,the team of the PFA during a raid recovered and seized a big quantity of Gutka from different points in the city.