Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) suspends license of 10 ghee & cooking oil brands including known brands such as Kisan, Khajoor & Moulvi.
PSQCA team collected 100 samples from factories & plants in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Rohri & Hub which were instantly tested on the mobile laboratory. Samples failed to meet the health standards set by PSQCA resulted in suspension of license. The brands which failed to meet the criteria include:
- Khajoor Cooking Oil
- Kisan Cooking Oil
- Kisan Banaspati
- Rehsam Banaspati
- Moulvi Cooking Oil
- Absa Cooking Oil
- Absa Banaspati
- Andaz Cooking Oil
- Rima Cooking Oil
- Rima Banaspati
Also Read: Cooking Oil & Ghee Brands Which Are Unsafe in Pakistan
During the activity PSQCA also seized 26 illegal factories & plants which were selling bottled water but failed to meet the standards of PSQCA. Water plants of these brands were seized:
- Aqua Bottled Drinking Water
- Agha Bottled Drinking Water
- Amaya Bottled Drinking Water
- Al-Huda Drinking Water
- Al-Mehwat Safe Wtaer
- Ab-e-Sihat bottled Drinking Water
- Aqua Zam Bottled Drinking Water
- Bismillah Mineral Water
- Crystal Bottled Drinking Water
- Dua Bottled Drinking Water
- Hydronium Bottled Drinking Water
- PITS Pure Drinking Water