The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday sealed a factory for producing fake soft drinks with the label of renewed beverage companies and discarded huge quantity of material in the area of Shahdara. A PFA raiding team under the supervision of PFA Additional Director General Operations Rafia Haider conducted a raid on information of vigilance cell and confiscated 8000 ready bottles and raw material of 11000 soft drinks.
The factory was established in a local village near Rani Chowk in Shahdara. The Authority said the factory was also using chemicals, fake and expired flavour in preparation of bottles which were injurious for human consumption.