The raids were conducted in the areas of Township and Pindi Stop.
Muhammad Usman said that substandard meat of ill and emaciated animals were brought at shops for selling after slaughtering at illegal slaughterhouses. The raids were conducted on the tip-off of PFA vigilance cell. He said that all seized meat was set ablaze at the Punjab Agriculture and Meat Company's furnace as per the eco-friendly policy. PFA also warned two food outlets, asking them to improve hygienic condition.
DG further said that PFA is taking strict action while registering cases against the butchers who involved in bad practice. He informed that special meat safety teams and vigilance are working in two shifts to ensure the provision of healthy and quality meat in the market.
Meanwhile, the vigilance cell and technical wing of the Authority presented their monthly progress report to PFA Director General Muhammad Usman on Thursday.
The report noted that vigilance cell shut down 40 sites and discarded unwholesome food worth Rs 25 million in the month of November. PFA has discarded as many as 3000 kg expired meat, more than 20,000 kg fish and 84000 gutka packets across the province.
The report said, "Vigilance cell also discarded 1,680kg tainted khoya, 4,000,000 packets of different food items and 4,000 kg powder that was used in the preparation of fake milk. Moreover, authority confiscated 17,000 kg adulterated pepper and 60,000 kg substandard pickle during different raids, later discarded.
In the report revealed that PFA took the blood samples of 3,846 food handlers/workers among 3,362 workers passed and 484 failed in the medical screening test. As well as, PFA has analyzed 585 samples of food in Food Laboratory among 265 samples found up to the required standards however, 272 samples were remained failed to meet the standards.
The Punjab Food Authority also gave Level 1 training to 3,000 food handlers/workers and Level 2 training to 103 people under the PFA Training School Programme. DG has shown satisfaction on the performance of the vigilance cell and Technical wing. He said that positive results are achieved due to set monthly goals and targets. The purpose of this meeting was to evaluate performance on a monthly basis, he added.