The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has caught two trucks fully loaded with thousands of litres dirty oil after three days of hectic efforts and sealed an oil mill over proved its involvement in this unlawful business.
PFA Director General Captain (R) Muhammad Usman said that oil was prepared after mixing used oil in the hazardous dirty oil extracted from animal filth. Meanwhile, the PFA watchdog team shut down Hameed Oil Mill on charges of the provincial food law violations. He said that PFA has seized 50,000 litres oil from the branches of the mill located at Lahore and Hasilpur. Apparently, dirty oil was getting from the animal fat mill under the cover of the oil mill business. He said that action was taken against the mill for counterfeiting, failing to produce a record and not giving oil to Biodiesel Company.
The director general further said that this harmful oil was supplied to hotels and different oil mill, however, use of such oil strictly prohibited in the preparation of any food products according to the Punjab Pure Food Regulations 2018. He further said that extracted oil from animal fat could only be used in biodiesel because of the use of such oil causes of health diseases for consumers. Punjab Food Authority is utilizing all available resources to make successful the ‘Healthy Punjab’ mission of Punjab Government. The authority is fully active to ensure the provision of healthy and safe food for the public in the market. PFA will turn Punjab into a no-go area for adulterators, he added.