Food authority discards over 600 litres substandard juices, 15 kg meat.

PESHAWAR -- The teams of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority (FS and HFA) on Tuesday confiscated over 600 litres of substandard juices and beverages and 15 kg of meat during operations against the adulteration mafia.

According to FS and HFA spokesman, an inspection team of the authority conducted a raid on a juice factory on Shamsi Road in district Mardan and found over 600 litres of unhealthy and fake juice and beverages.

The teams confiscated and discarded the stock of juices and sealed the factory and the machinery.

Similarly, a food safety team also inspected various restaurants, fast food points, bakery units and tuck shops on the Peshawar Ring Road here seized 15 kg of substandard meat from two hotels and discarded it.

The team also imposed heavy fines on the owners for poor...