Food Safety authorities in the district have called for keeping an eye on adulterated coconut oil, which is being widely sold in the State ahead of the Onam season.
The authorities on Tuesday seized 205 litres of banned brands of coconut oil kept at a house in Vengeri for being supplied to the shops in the district. Around 800 litres of coconut oil in sealed packets of several brands, that were suspected to be of poor quality, were also seized from there. The samples of these have been sent to the Regional Analytical Laboratory for quality check under the Food Safety and Quality Act.
The stock, consisting of several new brands, were found from the house of a manufacturer, whose oil mill at Narikkuni was sealed by the authorities earlier for low quality products. If the seized products were found to be of low quality, action will be taken against the manufacturer under the Food Safety Act.
The authorities had earlier issued a warning regarding the presence of banned brands of coconut oil in the market, based on the laboratory tests carried out in May, June and July 2019.
Banned brands
The Food Safety Assistant Commissioner had banned the sale of ‘Soorya’ and ‘Ayilyam’ brands by Tamil Nadu-based manufacturer ‘Balakumaran’ in July. ‘ Soubhagya’ and ‘Surabhi’, two other brands of the same manufacturer, were banned in the district earlier. The authoritiese had urged the Tamil Nadu government to cancel the licence of the manufacturer for sale of substandard products.
Meanwhile, people have been asked to contact 18004251125 for complaints about poor quality of food products.
