Moisture And Insects: District Admin Lahore Suspends Quota Of Two Flour Mills
LAHORE– The District Administration Lahore has suspended the quota of two flour mills supplying flour to Ramadan bazaars after spotting moisture and insects.
According to a press release, the administration has been monitoring the quantity of moisture in flour being supplied to all Ramadan bazaars on daily basis and special teams of the Food Department are in field to check the quality.
There are more than two dozen flour mills which have been allotted quota of flour supply to Ramadan bazaars and their flour quality is checked on daily basis.
On detecting 15 percent moisture in flour, quota of flour supply for Ramadan bazaars of Behria Flour Mill has been suspended by the Food Department.
Similarly, on finding insects in flour bag, the quota of Zeeshan Flour Mill has also been suspended.
Deputy Commissioner Lahore Ms Saleha Saeed, speaking on the occasion, said the District Administration Lahore would not compromise on the quality of flour being supplied in Ramadan bazaars as it is taking all possible steps to provide best quality flour to the citizens, visiting Ramadan bazaars.
Flour samples of Ajwa, Imperial, Al Mukhtar, Good Luck, Kamal Zamindar, Yaqoomia, PMM, Raiwind, GL, Arabia, Khursheed, WAaz, Diyan, Kamal, Data, Al Harmain, Afzal, Sunder, Sarwer, VIP, Aitmad, Abdul Wasay, Tafail, Promier, Meezan, Rehmat, Rehman, Ahmad, Shanshah, Ravi, Ramzan and Al Wahab flour mills were found satisfactory and up to the mark.
The DC has directed DFO 1 and DFO 2 to send their teams to Ramadan bazaars on daily basis to gauge the quality of flour.— PRESS HANDOUT
