Punjab Food Authority declares 61 ghee, cooking oil brands ‘unhealthy’

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has declared 61 ghee and cooking oil brands unhealthy for usage and has further seized 47,233 litres of ghee and cooking oil after a sample collection drive in the market.

During the drive, 61 brands of oil and ghee failed to meet the quality standards whereas 118 others were found up to the mark, PFA Director General Muhammad Usman said.

The drive was launched to check standards, quality and the availability of requisite micronutrients in ghee and cooking oil, said the PFA Director and the provincial food regulatory authority would not allow anyone to sell products that are injurious to health, he added.

Following the drive of collecting 267 samples of cooking oil and ghee for the laboratory test, the PFA released the results of the sample collection of edible ghee and cooking oil. However, the analysis of 88 brands is still under process, the regulatory body said.

The ghee and cooking oil which are unfit for consumption as per PFA standards, include;

1. Abid Koh-e-Noor Banaspati
2. Ambar Banaspati
3. Apna Banaspati
4. Apna Canola Oil
5. Areej Premium Banaspati
6. Atif Banaspati
7. Attiya Banaspati
8. Badar Cooking Oil
9. Behtreen Banaspati
10. Crispo Vegetable Oil
11. Dawat Cooking Oil
12. Enam Cooking Oil
13. Faizi Banaspati
14. Gai Canola Cooking Oil
15. Gai Cooking Oil
16. Gai Sunflower Cooking Oil
17. Ghousia Banaspati
18. Ghousia Canola Oil
19. Gold Rehmat Banaspati
20. Hoor Canola Oil
21. Hoor Cooking Oil
22. Hoor Sunflower Oil
23. Ittehad Cooking Oil
24. Kamiyab Cooking Oil
25. Kamran Banaspati
26. Karwan Banaspati
27. Kausar Canola Oil
28. Kausar Cooking Oil
29. Khajoor Cooking Oil
30. Kisan Cooking Oil (Sunflower)
31. Lives Cooking Oil
32. Mamta Banaspati
33. Mujahid Cooking Oil
34. Naimat Canola Oil
35. Naturelle Cooking Oil
36. Nice Banaspati
37. Nirala Banaspati
38. Olio Premium Canola Oil
39. Olio Premium Sunflower Oil
40. Qarni Banaspati
41. Rahat Banaspati Ghee
42. Seasons Frying Oil
43. Sitara Cooking Oil
44. Sultan Sunflower Oil
45. Zareen Banaspati
46. Chand Banaspati
47. Ella Cooking Oil
48. Evolin Vegetable Banaspati
49. Evolin Vegetable Cooking Oil
50. Fauji Cooking Oil
51. Golden Sun Banaspati
52. Golden Sun Cooking Oil
53. Ittehad Banaspati
54. Khajur Banaspati
55. Lives Banaspati
56. Madni Cooking Oil
57. Shamim Banaspati
58. Sultan Canola Oil
59. Sultan Cooking Oil
60. Zaiqa Cooking Oil.