TCP claims that the sugar was tested through PSQCA laboratory on the arrival of shipments, and that all reports of the PSQCA were found in accordance with prescribed standards.
The TCP has said in a statement that it imported 1.1 million tons of sugar from worldwide sources under the directives of the Government of Pakistan. The sugar was disposed-off by the TCP to government-nominated agencies, including provinces, the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy, the Canteen Stores Department and the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), it says.
The TCP also claims the sugar was tested through a Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) laboratory on the arrival of shipments, and that all reports of the PSQCA were found in accordance with prescribed standards.
“When the USC raised its reservations on the moisture content of sugar during its lifting, the same were again tested from the Pakistan Scientific Council and Industrial Research (PCSIR) and found ‘fit for human consumption’,” it says.
“It is also clarified that the disposal of sugar was not delayed, as the USC was lifting a quantity of 50,000 tons per month, which [would have] required almost two years for lifting the whole cargo,” it further added.
“It is further clarified that out of the 1.1 million tons of sugar imported, USC refused to lift just seven tons which was well within the permissible tolerance level of 0.5%.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 1st, 2013.
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