Peshawar, March 5, 2026 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Authority (KP-FS&HFA) has completed a special one-day inspection campaign on bakeries across the province.
During the inspection thousands of kilograms of substandard bakery products were found to cook The oil was confiscated and destroyed.
According to the Authority’s official spokesman. food Safety teams inspected 232 bakery units across the province and seized and disposed of 5,641 kg/l of hazardous and substandard bakery materials, cooking oil and ghee on the spot.
The spokesperson said that 52 improvement notices had been issued to food companies for violating hygiene standards, while fines amounting to about Rs 1.7 million were imposed on several bakery units.
in PeshawarFood safety teams carried out inspections at various sweets and bakery outlets under the supervision of Director General of Khyber Pakhwa Food Authority Kashif Iqbal Gilani.
During the operation, 200 liters of unsafe cooking oil and 300 kilograms of expired rusks and sweets were recovered and destroyed, while one bakery unit was closed.
In the same campaign, the food safety team carried out an operation in the Nowshera Industrial Area, where 2,200 kilograms of expired and mislabeled bakery materials were seized from a bakery production unit, which was subsequently closed.
In Swat, the food safety team recovered 115 kilograms of substandard bakery products from a bakery unit. The items were immediately disposed of, while fines were imposed and improvement notices were issued to management.
The spokesman added that bakery units were also inspected Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, AbbottabadMalakand, Charsadda, Buner, Mansehra, Swabi, BanoLower Dir and Lower Chitral, where large quantities of substandard bakery materials were destroyed and penalties imposed for violations of food safety and hygiene rules.
At the same time, Malakand Food safety team, during an early morning checkpoint in Swat The highway inspection center intercepted a milk tanker carrying 700 liters of adulterated milk, which was immediately disposed of and a fine was imposed on the operator.
Speaking on the occasion, Director General of Khyber Pakhtun Food Authority, Kashif Iqbal Gilani, said that eliminating food adulteration and substandard food companies in the province was the authority’s mission.
He warned against being lenient with those involved in food adulteration, describing them as a threat to public health.