PFA seizes cache of rancid oil

The police investigate the drums

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority’s (PFA) vigilance team has foiled an attempt to supply of 7,560 litres used rancid oil from Rawalpindi to Lahore here on Tuesday. PFA Director General Capt (retd) Muhammad Usman said following a tip-off, the PFA team intercepted a Lahore-bound truck by placing barricades and found 42 drums containing dirty oil. The team took the drums and truck into custody and started the investigation. He said an organised group was in the surveillance of the authority for the last few weeks due to its suspicious activities. He said the accused collected oil at a fairly cheap price from different factories in the name of bio-diesel and supplied to local shops. He said the used oil could only be used in the preparation of biodiesel, according to the PFA Act.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th, 2019.