Staff Reporter
The Food Branch of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) issued 12 notices to food outlets for unhygienic and poor cleanliness conditions.
According to RCB Food Branch, total 35 food samples were collected which were sent to lab for quality test while fines were also imposed on rules violators.
The cases of substandard food items were also sent to the court of the cantonment magistrate which imposed fines on the rules violators.
Food Inspectors on the directive of the Cantonment Executive Officer conducted surprise visits of different markets including Saddar, Allahabad, Peshawar
Road and other areas and inspected cleanliness condition with quality of food items at 60 food outlets.
In order to ensure supply of quality food items to the residents, he said, the teams were conducting raids at food outlets in different areas on daily basis.
Meanwhile, Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Wednesday confiscated six truckload goods from different markets in its operation against encroachments.
According to RCB spokesman Qaiser Mehmood, the enforcement wing on the directives of the Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) had accelerated operation against encroachments and striving to clear different commercial areas.
He said, the operation was being conducted on daily basis while permanent and temporary encroachments were being removed.
He said, encroachment material was confiscated from Westridge, Mehfoz Road, Haider Road, Bank Road, Saddar, Peshawar Road, Tench Bhatta, Peoples Colony and other areas.
He warned the shopkeepers not to encroach space on roadside and keep their goods inside shops else strict action in accordance with the law would be taken.
