Four bakeries sealed over unhygienic conditions

MARDAN: Food Safety and Halal Food Authority here on Wednesday sealed four bakeries and recovered rotten eggs, expired butter and other bakery products.

A press release said that on the directives of Deputy Director Kamran Khan, food safety officers Sher Hassan Khan and Adil under the supervision of Assistant Director Anila Mehboob inspected 10 bakeries in the district.

Four bakery units were sealed over insanitary conditions while fines were imposed on several others.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Habibullah Arif imposed Section-144 and banned the display of weapons and festive firing and also cancelled the leaves of employees of the Health Department, TMA, WSSCM and Rescue 1122 on the occasion of Eidul Azha.

Chairing a meeting, the deputy commissioner said police should be deployed at cattle markets to ensure tight security.

The official said that two registered cattle markets had been set up in Mardan tehsil, 3 in Takhtbhai tehsil, 2 in Katlang tehsil and 2 in Rustam tehsil. He said that camps would be set up by the livestock department at the entrances and exits of the cattle markets to protect the animals from the Congo virus and other ailments.