Huge quantity of expired chocolate seized.

LAHORE -- The Punjab Food Authority on Thursday seized 80,000-kg expired chocolate during a raid at a warehouse.

According to officials, they also seized a truck full of expired chocolate when it was being transported to Faisalabad. Chemicals were used to purge expired chocolate of fungus, they said. The raid was conducted at the warehouse near Sial Flour Mills on a tip-off provided by a supplier, named Muhammad Aslam.

Earlier, on Jan 14, the Punjab Food Authority had sealed four food points and penalised two others while issued warning notices to five units over violation of the rules of the PFA Act.

The action was taken while carrying out an operation against big food points in Lahore and its surrounding areas under the supervision of PFA Director General Irfan Memon.

Memon...