Food authority bans several items at schools, colleges in KP

MANSEHRA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has banned the sale of several items at public and private schools and colleges across the province. “The carbonated soft drinks are injurious to health and we would not allow our students to use this and other such eatables at schools,” Sahibzada Jawad Alfaizi, the managing director of Kohsaar Academy, told reporters on Monday. The notification, which was also dispatched to the chief secretary, secretary health, secretary Higher Education Department KP, besides colleges and schools’ administrations, said that sale and purchase of carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, piped and coloured flavoured chips at schools is banned with immediate effect. The notification banned the sale and purchase of other eatables including Gutka, Chaalia, Chorin, substandard ice cream and dessert. Alfaizi said that the ban imposed on sale and purchase of those items by the food authority might cause a positive effect on students.