KARACHI: A Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) team raided a ghee and oil factory in Korangi on Monday, seized a large quantity of products prepared there by using substandard ingredients, and sealed the factory...
A PSQCA statement said that its staffers raided Farhan Oil Products and found a large number products made under the brands of ‘Lucky’, ‘Khyber’, ‘Al-Hamza’, ‘Rani’, ‘Shafee’, ‘Babu ji’, ‘Shahraz’ and...
KARACHI: Prices of ghee and cooking oil have surged by Rs30-50 on a five-kilogram carton in the provincial capital, with retailers blaming manufacturers who in turn blame costlier palm oil and an appreciating dollar...
In contrast, the average increase in prices of the two commodities all over the country came to Rs12-15 a kg during the past year, said an official of Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers’ Association (PVMA)...
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan on Monday withdrew the Vegetable Ghee and Cooking Oil Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Order 1990, and also issued a circular requiring appointment of QCR-rated auditors for performance of cost audit...
The 1990 order required companies in ghee and cooking oil sector to maintain cost records...
ABBOTTABAD: The food department and police on Sunday sealed a factory and arrested four persons for allegedly making cooking oil from intestines and animal waste...
The raiding team accompanied by Abbottabad Tehsil Nazim Mohammad Ishaque also recovered a huge quantity of cooking oil and animal waste from the factory located in Salhad area...
KARACHI: The price of one-kg ghee and one-litre cooking oil pouches have been increased by Rs2-10 in the wake of rising trend in palm oil rates on the world markets...
They said as per the quality of various brands, some manufacturers have pushed up price of ghee by Rs8 per kg and Rs10 per litre in cooking oil...
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...
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...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday heard a case regarding the sale of 'substandard' cooking oil and ghee products in Utility Stores Corporation (USC) outlets across the country...
The lawyer representing USC, Mustafa Ramday, submitted a report on the oil being sold during proceedings...
KARACHI: Producers of ghee and cooking oil are reporting a rapidly shrinking market, as consumers search for cheaper alternatives and retailers become wary of placing order following the newly introduced condition to obtain a CNIC of all parties purchasing or providing supplies to registered businesses...
Painting a grim sales picture of his industry, former chairman Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) Abdul Majeed...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday reminded the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) of its earlier undertaking according to which it cannot sell cooking oil and vanaspati ghee under its own brand at its outlets...
Headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, the SC bench had taken up a suo motu case on receiving complaints about the sale of sub-standard cooking oil and ghee by the utility stores...
KARACHI: After enduring a Rs5 per kg hike on various flour varieties, consumers on Wednesday witnessed another price shock of Rs30 per kg/litre in ghee and cooking oil...
Hari Ram claimed the price reduction of Rs3 per kg in flour price was possible following an agreement with the Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation (Passco) for procurement of 300,000 tonnes of wheat...
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh on Monday constituted a committee to evolve a concerted course of action to bring down prices of sugar and edible oil...
The committee — led by Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar — will have Secretary Ministry of National Food Security and Research and stakeholders concerned as its members...
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