As many as 700,000 rotten eggs worth million of rupees have been disposed of by the Punjab Food Authority under the supervision of PFA Director General Captain Muhammad Usman (retd) at Solid Waste Dumping Site, Lakhodair, Lahore, on Sunday. DG Punjab Food Authority said that rotten eggs were brought at the (dumping site) after seizing from Burewala and Chichawatni during different raids.
He said that putrid eggs were collected from various hatcheries and cold stores on cheap rates and to be supplied to different biscuit manufacturers and bakeries for manufacturing bakery items after getting powder from those eggs. In a query, he said that the purpose of discarding substandard quality food at dumping site is to conserve the environment and make it Eco-friendly for which PFA is carefully following the environmental protection principles.
"The food safety teams and vigilance cell of PFA are fully active in Punjab against the food adulteration mafia and taking strict action against them as per law. I'm personally monitoring the activities of operational teams against food business operators added that food adulteration mafia cannot save themselves from the eye of PFA," Usman mentioned.