The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday sealed a factory busy in manufacturing artificial chocolate in its raid against counterfeiters in Lahore.
According to details PFA Director General Irfan Memon along with food safety team raided Al-Noor Traders and caught them red-handed in manufacturing artificial chocolate with help of sub-standard food items.
Irfan Memon informed that bulk of artificial chocolate along with artificial flavours, rancid oil and other poor quality ingredients were being used for manufacturing of chocolates and snacks. He said that fake chocolates were supplied to different local shopkeepers after fake packing of famous companies, as well as substandard salt delivered to local food points with wrong address on fake packing.
Moreover, the raiding team has confiscated 2,060kg substandard oil, 1,200kg salt, 500kg cocoa powder and 1,500kg artificial flavours. Meanwhile, the authority seized two mixers machines, a grinding machine and a packing machine.
