Punjab Food Authority declares various cooking oil, ghee brands unfit for consumption

E-Paper | June 12, 2026

Punjab Food Authority (PFA) declared various cooking oil and ghee brands unfit for human consumption due to absences of Vitamin A and rancidity, artificial flavour addition and other acid values, read a public notice issued by the authority on November 27.

The authority declared the brands unfit after examining the samples which were collected during a survey in the process, said a statement issued by PFA.

Various brands which were declared unfit for consumption due to absence of Vitamin A and low saponification include Shan Cooking Oil, Shan Banaspati, Soya Supreme Cooking Oil and five other brands.

Meanwhile, the brands which were declared unfit due to rancidity and addition of artificial flavor include Tullo Banaspati, Tullo Cooking Oil, Soya Supreme Banaspati, Kisan Vegetable ghee, Smart Canola Cooking Oil, Ghani Cooking Oil and eight other brands.

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CITIZEN

Nov 30, 2016 07:39pm

For long, people fried chickens in these ghee and oil. Better now the owners taste the pakwaan

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pakistani

Nov 30, 2016 07:41pm

They make oil with dead animals skin.

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Zalmay

Nov 30, 2016 07:53pm

What's left? Time to switch to desi ghee. Desi style. Extracted from butter/cream.

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The end is near

Nov 30, 2016 07:56pm

And 80% Pakistani people are forced to drink contaminated unhealthy water. Even the very basic health care facilities are out of the reach of the poor people of Pakistan. and and and..........

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Gerry D'Cunha

Nov 30, 2016 09:18pm

What a disgrace to hear eatable items in Pakistan are unfit to consume. Who is responsible for this?

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Asad

Nov 30, 2016 09:25pm

Plz mention fit for consumption brands as well.....???? Any left?

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Sajjad Chitrali

Nov 30, 2016 10:08pm

Thank you Punjab food authority. I would love to read complete report if someone help me get the complete lab report.

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pakman

Nov 30, 2016 10:15pm

Small step in the right direction. Keep the momentum on.

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miristan

Nov 30, 2016 10:27pm

Pakistan Government should let the public know, which oil is ok to use.bad oils must be removed from the market.

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Hassan Parvez

Nov 30, 2016 11:39pm

This is a very important issue. Thousands of lives are at stake. Dawn should publish the complete list properly. The list given in this news item is very casual.

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Khwarezmi

Nov 30, 2016 11:41pm

Please publish the full list. This is extremely important.

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Khwarezmi

Nov 30, 2016 11:47pm

@The end is near Be it (family party) democracy or military dictatorship: the basic system of governance remains the same. It is time to say good bye to this system and implement a true Islamic system which works for every citizen regardless of ethnicity and religion. If not, then you will look back to the good old days when "only" 80% of the people were forced to drink contaminated water.

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Amir- Karachi

Nov 30, 2016 11:59pm

How come TULLO ??????------ Its Unilver brand.

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SKS

Dec 01, 2016 12:51am

Plz. shine some light on products fit for healthy cooking..with brand names

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Changez Khan

Dec 01, 2016 01:13am

Everything we eat in Pakistan is full of 'milawat'.

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sms

Dec 01, 2016 01:25am

@pakistani -- They have to, live animals will complain!

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Dec 01, 2016 01:33am

Desi ghee is the best fat one can use- can strongly advise everyone who is caring about their health, use Internet and find out about vegetable fats and why it is not healthy.

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huttar

Dec 01, 2016 02:18am

These companies are well established in Pakistan I am surprise they are producing low quality products for profit. shame on them, really disappointed.

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jasim

Dec 01, 2016 02:26am

ghee is the worst oil to fry stuff in

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Sami

Dec 01, 2016 05:23am

O My God! I have always advocated the use of Dalda, Eva cooling oil at home but they stress Sufi is the best and unfortunately it is also included in the list. :(

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S. A. M.

Dec 01, 2016 05:47am

an excellent step by Punjab Food Authority. nothing is more important than the health of people. you need to have lot of guts to take such bold steps because I notice there are names of very famous brands. Bravo!

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Dr. Khan

Dec 01, 2016 05:54am

I used to fight with my Dad that why he does he process butter extracted Desi Ghe over processed oil and he used to tell me that they were all liars and there was not authority for check and balance. He was so right and I was so wrong.

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Muzaffar Ali

Dec 01, 2016 06:00am

The said oils declared unfit for human consumption are all GMO oils..ie: genetically modified oil.

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Adi

Dec 01, 2016 06:27am

Why they havent registered a case against the manufecturers and seal the factories , giving a small ad in newspaper wont do anything.

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IQBAL RANGOONWALA

Dec 01, 2016 06:32am

We pakistani are famous in fraud am I wrong?

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Taiful

Dec 01, 2016 06:48am

Did not expect that with tullo , being used for generations

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white noise

Dec 01, 2016 06:57am

well, same is for Shan Masalas, they are not healthy as well and I had them tested at a lab , plenty of crap in it as well

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Wasif

Dec 01, 2016 07:03am

We have started using desi ghee and butter from last 10 years and will channel the same tradition our next generation. In the absence of any check and balance it impossible to guess what are the contents in a tin pack

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Junaid

Dec 01, 2016 07:06am

These are big brands. We have all been using one or the other. If these are unfit, they need to force production to become proper or impose heavy fines to get the manufacturers to correct the problem. Not just issue a newspaper circular !

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AHA

Dec 01, 2016 07:17am

Air, water and land all are contaminated and what morality govt has to blame manufacturers?

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Norwegian Pakistani

Dec 01, 2016 07:19am

In Norway the goverment have strict control with cooking oils. Recently the focus here have been on banning all use of Palm oil in food items which is causing swift rise in colestrol and causes more trouble in body then other cooking oils. I am surprised that nobody in Pakistan is aware of the bad impact of palm oil use is.

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IMF

Dec 01, 2016 08:03am

This Mafia is already active against the Food Authority today they printed ads in newspapers and went on strike

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Fida Mehdi

Dec 01, 2016 08:06am

Punjab Govt should take action against these brands intread of making press releases.

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Drkaisrani

Dec 01, 2016 08:14am

Bullet train for Pakistan when the country doesn't have decent infrastructure, give me a break.

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Waqas

Dec 01, 2016 08:21am

1. There needs to be transparency here. All the results of the different tests performed should be available for both the public and the companies concerned on the food authority website. 2. There should be a method of appeal and clarification for the product/company. 3. If the results are proven valid then the product should be withdrawn from market. What is the use of these public notices if none of the above happens? We need result oriented behaviour and not just fancy "raids" and "alerts"

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Logicaldude

Dec 01, 2016 07:04pm

Nothing new here, everything produced in Pakistan (as in manufactured) is substandard due to poor processing, adulteration or other reasons. That is why these products can only be sold in Pakistan to poor unsuspecting public and some african countries.

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tariq

Dec 02, 2016 01:58pm

good keep it up

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tariq

Dec 02, 2016 02:01pm

please show 8 other brand.

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