In a continued attempt to crackdown against cooking oils that are substandard, Punjab Food Authority has just declared a number of cooking oil and ghee brands ‘unfit’ for consumption.
Most of these brands were declared unfit for consumption due to lack of Vitamin A and rancidity. Also, some of them are using artificial flavors while others are being made from dead animal fat.
The Punjab Food Authority has released a public notification that can be read below:
Here are the brands that were declared ‘unfit’
It’s scary to see how many well-known brands are included in the list that we would normally buy without thinking twice. The list includes names such as:
- Shah Cooking Oil
- Shah Banaspati
- Smart Canola Cooking Oil
- Ghani Cooking Oil
- Shahtaj Cooking Oil
- Soya Supreme Cooking Oil
- Kashmir Canola Oil
- Coco Banaspati
- Sufi Sunflower Cooking Oil
- Soya Supreme Banaspati
- Olive Premium Canola Oil
- Momin Cooking Oil
- Mayaar Banaspati
- Momin Banaspati
- Salva Spanish Olive Oil
- Seasons Banaspati
- Sundrop Cooking Oil
- Tullo Cooking Oil
- Tallo Banaspati
- Maan Banaspati
- Naaz Banaspati
- Kisan Vegetable Ghee
- Malta Banaspati
Following this, cooking oil manufacturers went on strike
Following the announcement of PFA, cooking oil manufacturers went on an indefinite strike and stopped the production of their units which suspended the supply of these oils countrywide.
The cooking oil association responsible for the strike has not contacted PFA and vice versa. Both have not talked to sit down and talk to resolve the issue.
The Punjab Food Authority may have announced these oils unfit for consumption, but why are they not taking any direct action against low-quality oils that are unsafe for health?