PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has released its inspection report for the provincial capital, revealing extensive enforcement actions carried out from October 1, 2025, to date.
According to the report, the authority inspected 1,582 food-related businesses across Peshawar. Due to poor hygiene practices and violations of food safety regulations, 104 businesses were issued improvement notices.
During the operations, officials confiscated and safely disposed of 6,760 litres/kilograms of substandard and hazardous food items, including meat, milk, oil and ghee, spices, beverages, and drinking water. Additionally, the authority also issued 590 licenses to food businesses, while fines amounting to hundreds of thousands of rupees were imposed for violations of food laws.
The detailed breakdown of inspections carried out over the past one and a half months shows that the KP Food Authority checked 107 milk shops, 88 butcher shops, 108 hotels and restaurants, 65 poultry and fish shops, 38 kabab shops, 480 grocery stores, 103 roadside eateries, tea stalls and shawarma shops, 69 bakeries, 21 canteens, 24 distribution units, 11 fast-food outlets, 51 fruit, vegetable and dry fruit shops, 15 honey shops, 44 juice and ice cream shops, 14 mega marts, 14 chips and pops factories, 65 chicken and fish outlets, 11 school and college canteens, 24 spice manufacturing units, 145 tandoors and 60 wholesale dealers, among others. The inspections included extensive checks on hygiene, food quality, and safety standards.
Director General KP Food Authority, Wasif Saeed, in a statement issued from his office, remarked that “there is no space for adulterators in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Food adulteration is a crime against humanity, and the authority will continue to enforce its zero-tolerance policy. Strict legal action will be taken against anyone found compromising public health.”
