Federal
Minister for Science and Technology, Rana Tanveer Hussain has stated that PSQCA
is an important arm of the ministry to ensure quality and standard of different
food items being produced and processed in the different regions of the
country, therefore we are committed to make it more proficient and result
oriented organization. He stated this while Chairing a meeting with the
PSQCA officials here at Islamabad today.
The meeting was convened to assess the over all
performance of the organization (PSQCA).
Federal Secretary MoST
Mrs Yasmin Masood was also present in the meeting.
The Director General of
PSQCA Mr. Muhammad Khalid Siddiq gave a detailed presentation about the
achievements and working of PSQCA.
DG PSQCA, informed the
chair that the authority has seized 289 different units, including 144 of
bottled water which were found substandard and unhygienic. He said that
authority has issued 465 new licenses to the manufacturers in the current year
and a proposal for Issuance of Foreign Manufacturing licence will be submitted
for the approval in the next Board of Directors Meeting.
Federal Minister said
that the PSQCA was initially operating through only North and South zones
but in order to make it more effective it's operation has been extended .Now
six independent "Conformity assessment zones have been established
which include Karachi, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan and Peshawar.
DG PSQCA also shared that
Pakistan participated in the elections of "Standard and Metrological
Institute for Islamic countries"(SMIIC) and got highest number of votes.
Federal Minister asked
the PSQCA authority to launch an effective media campaign to highlight the
quality issues for the awareness of the general public.
He also directed the
PSQCA,s all regional Directors to submit their progress report with details of
the actions taken in their respective areas, to the ministry on fortnightly
basis, without any failure.
Federal Minister also directed PSQCA to ensure the prompt implementation
of the decisions taken by BODs to further streamline the affairs of the
PSQCA.
