Food Department, ICT is responsible for regulating the business of food grains including purchases, storage, sales, transfer, milling and quality control in Islamabad Capital Territory
Objectives & Functions
- Monitoring the functioning of Flour Mills and Atta / Sugar dealers
- Spot visits / checking of the quality and weights, rates of wheat and its products
- Ensuring quality control of food items through raids, drawing of samples and instituting cases in the various Courts
- Ensuring equitable distribution of Atta and other Food Stuff to the Shopkeepers and Whole Sale Dealers within Rural and Urban areas
- Ensuring uninterrupted availability of Atta, Sugar, Rice, Dalis, Ghee, etc. and other Food Stuff in the open Market
- Issuance of Foodgrain, Sugar Licenses to the newly installed / opened Flour Mills, Whole Sale Dealers etc
- Coordination of wheat releases for the Flour Mills in ICT with Food Department Rawalpindi
Services Offered
- Resolution of complaints regarding quality of food items
- Monitoring of price of essential food items
- Issuance of Foodgrain Licenses (Download Forms)
- Issuance of Sugar Licenses (Download Forms)
- Resolution of issues regarding availability of food items