LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday unearthed a fake beverages manufacturing unit producing carbonated drinks of different popular brands. The raiding team discarded 22,000 litre ready spurious drinks and raw material of 51,000 bottles.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of PFA Director General Shoaib Khan Jadoon on Ferozpur Road.
He said that the authority has lodged an FIR against the factory owner in the respective police station on account of forger and adulteration after confiscating machinery, chemical drums, empty bottles, labelling material and lids from the spot. He said that harmful beverages were to be supplied to different local shops in Lahore and its adjacent areas.
DG PFA said that fake beverages of different brands were being prepared with prohibited and harmful chemicals just for minting money. He further said that the raiding team also found the contamination of artificial sweeteners and unclean water in the soft drinks. He said that the use of spurious drinks prepared without formula might lead to cancer and ulcer diseases.
The provincial food regulatory body has escalated its operations activities against the counterfeiters and adulteration mafia in Punjab as well as fully committed to ensuring the provision of safe and healthy food during the holy month of Ramadan, he added.
