15,000kg of fake tea leaves seized in Peshawar
Peshawar
April 18, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority (KP FS&HFA) has seized over 15,000kg of substandard and fake tea from a local factory on Ashraf Road here.
The fake tea processing unit was using non-food grade colours and other unhealthy items in the tea leaves. The raid was carried out on the directions of Director General KP FS&HFA, Shah Rukh Ali Khan.
According to the food safety authority, the fake tea leaves from the unit were seized and the sample was sent to the laboratory for further analysis.
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority carried out a crackdown against food adulteration in the city, wherein over 1000 kg of substandard tea leaves and 700 kg of.
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750kg of adulterated tea seized
Peshawar
April 7, 2021
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety & Halal Food Authority (KP FS&HFA) has confiscated over 750 kilograms of ‘fake tea leaves’ in Sheikhabad here on Tuesday.
The Food Safety team during a raid sealed the premises of a fake tea manufacturing unit and lodged a first information report and imposed a fine on the accused.
The KP Food Safety Authority claimed that the unit was operating on the rooftop of a house in Sheikhabad. The tea was being prepared under an unhygienic condition. The Food Safety Authority claimed that the accused was mixing used tea leaves, non-food grade colours and soda in the production of tea leaves. In addition, the tea leaves were placed on a dirty floor to dry. The tea leaves used to be supplied to various areas of the city for sale.