FSDA officials seal cooking oil firm in Karur district

Officials of Food Safety and Drug Administration on Wednesday sealed an oil firm on the complaints of producing adulterated cooking oil.

The firm owned by Palanivel (45) was functioning at Kuttakattuthottam near Athireddypalayam in Karur district.

Sources said on complaints that the firm had been producing adulterated cooking oil, the Food Safety and Revenue officials raided it and seized 21 barrel of oil, 50 kg of caustic soda and so on. The samples were sent to a laboratory in Thanjavur for ascertaining the nature of ingredients, the sources said.