Fake Pesticides Stock has been Seized in Multan, Pakistan

A team of the agriculture department on Friday raided the
pesticides filling unit at Industrial Estate Area Multan (IEM) and seized a
stock of fake pesticides.
Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticides (PWQCP)
Assistant Director Omar Farooq, Agriculture Officer Rao Shamraiz and other
staff raided a filling unit and seized 494 units of 400ml bottles with dubious
labels.
According to a release issued by the media liaison unit of
Punjab agriculture department the seized stock valued around Rs 200,000 and the
pesticides were handed over to police and samples sent to a laboratory for
analysis.

A first information report (FIR) has been registered with PS
Muzaffarabad, Multan, against filling in charge, RG filling unit Mudassir Ayaz,
Shakeel Ahmad and store in-charge Saeed Ahmad under Agriculture Pesticides
Ordinance SRO-21, Rules A 23(a)12, 1971-A and section 21 and 26 of Rules 1973
amended in 1997.

Source: Pakistan Today

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