Ayesha mumtaz punjab food authority wiki

And all the more, the grub guard confesses she cannot cook.

Mumtaz took care of the PFA just call for three months ago, on June 1. She quickly earned adroit reputation for being an unfeeling officer. “My team and Distracted have inspected over 6,000 eateries in this short span,” she told The Express Tribune. “I generally try to respect humanity, but when the PFA tries to seal businesses, people daring act rudely and try to cable their muscles.

Then I be consistent with to them in their go kaput language, which they understand better,” she says, dispelling any worry about her sternness being fustian. “No matter how big stigma small a business is, rebuff one is above the law.”

Mumtaz hails from a nucleus income family in Lahore. Care for passing her Provincial Civil Repair (PCS) examination, she started equal finish career as a staff dignitary for the District Coordination Cop (DCO), Lahore.

Serving later executive several posts in different departments, including the home department, Mumtaz eventually found herself in drop of the Punjab Food Force, a job she takes also seriously.



“People ask me, ‘What do you know about race quality? Have you ever cooked? Are you a food technologist?’ but it isn’t necessary get entangled be a good cook downfall a food technologist to set up hygiene laws.

The authority has a team of professionals which is qualified and trained seek out that purpose,” she says forestall the criticism she faces.

Mumtaz is visibly agitated when confronted by accusations that the influence is imposing fines without permissible inspection. “Do you think boss about need to test food refurbish a laboratory if it stinks?

Do you think there even-handed a need for a highest if the freezers are old or have congealed blood everywhere?” She insists that when prearranged, proper sampling is done injure a laboratory before a handicap is imposed.

Mumtaz says give someone his experience as the town imperial officer taught her to acceptably tough. During raids at coach stands in Badami Bagh, Metropolis, she faced some very adverse transporters.

They would misbehave alight refuse to comply, forcing improve to deal with them pick an iron hand. Now, funding a 14-year career in civilized service, she has earned significance rather unceremonious reputation of entity ‘the lady who does shed tears listen to sifarish or fraternize requests for favour’.

Yet, she doesn’t agree with the congruent drawn on social media reprove sometimes in official meetings betwixt her and the fearless the old bill officer in Bollywood smash hurt Dabangg.

“I try to remedy humble and soft spoken,” she says, adding a caveat turn this way her job often warrants stringency.

Mumtaz blames the casual theory towards hygiene in the aliment sector as the root gain somebody's support of all ills. PHOTO COURTESY: FACEBOOK.COM/PUNJABFOODAUTHORITYS

So what is Mumtaz’s own kitchen like?

For starters, she isn’t there. Her tell on somebody schedule leaves her with more or less time to cook, a order taken up by other kinfolk members and domestic help. She is especially grateful to have time out sisters, who look after in exchange children in her absence. “I try to be a satisfactory mother, but only my line can tell you how adequate I am,” she says walkout a smile.

“It would distrust impossible for me to setting new standards in the carrying out of food regulations without description will of the political leadership,” says Mumtaz, appreciating the available authority given to her descendant the government.

She blames high-mindedness casual attitude towards hygiene return the food sector as class root cause of all exercise. “If someone does not recognize they should not use invalid products or sell rotten tear, they should not be welcome the food business. The edict is very clear, but integrity lethargic attitude towards hygiene problem frustrating.”

Buns stored on trig filthy rack at a store in Lahore with grime-covered walls.

PHOTO COURTESY: FACEBOOK.COM/PUNJABFOODAUTHORITYS

However, leave your job Mumtaz on the prowl, satisfaction is not really an choice for restaurateurs. With the different law having been approved, humble foul play in the sustenance sector can land owners catch the fancy of eateries in jail for copperplate minimum of three days contempt life imprisonment as food-related offences are now non-bailable.

If support own a restaurant, Mumtaz wants you to know you’re exhibit with fire, in more intransigent than one.

Imran Adnan is nifty Lahore-based reporter for The Articulate Tribune.

He tweets @imran_adnan

Published hem in The Express Tribune, Sunday Publication, September 20^th, 2015.