Lahore High Court Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Thursday accepted a request to restrain the media from reporting the contents of a test report about Tetra milk samples prepared by Eurofins Global Control, Germany.
The court was hearing a petition against the supply of adulterated milk, and on its directions samples of the milk were sent to Germany for testing. As the report was submitted in the court, the counsel for the milk manufacturers requested that the media should not be allowed to report the contents of the test. The counsel said that it would unnecessarily lead to the manufacturers media trial before determination of the actual issue and will adversely affect the image of the companies.
Justice Mansoor observed, `The media is directed not to report the contents of the report submitted by Eurofins Global Control, Germany dated February 22, 2010 till further orders. The court’s office is directed to intimate the media accordingly.’ Barrister Zafarullah Khan had moved this petition in which he submitted that 80 percent milk supplied to the market was poisonous and was the source of deaths of citizens. He contended that out of the 19,718 samples of milk collected by the Food Department in the last five years, almost 17,529 samples were adulterated.
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