MULTAN: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) recovered 7,000 litres edible oil made of fats extracted from animals waste besides raw material of 11,000 liters from a suburban area of Layyah on Wednesday.
PFA official in a statement said that a team raided an area at Karor road where a huge quantity of edible oil was being prepared from fats extracted from animals waste.
He said that a mafia involved in the business used to sell oil with different brand names in various cities of South Punjab. When the team raided, the animal remains made oil was being mixed with used oil for packing, he said and added that the owner of the gang managed to flee from the spot before the raid.
He added that the whole record had been taken into custody. The official informed that PFA was trying to locate the buyers of the oil adding that the authority would get the case registered.