Bake says ‘no’ to animal fat use

Kochi, Dec. 30: 

The Bakers Association (Bake) has said it is totally against the use of animal fat in food items made and sold at bakeries. 

It said the allegation in certain quarters that many bakeries use animal fat was unfounded and wanted the food safety authorities to investigate the allegation. 

The association offered its full support to the authorities in raiding bakeries to find the use of animal fat. It wanted that any bakery that was found using animal fat should be immediately closed down.