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Any plans to open more labs to check cooking oil adulteration, HC asks Centre
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|December 15, 2024
The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has directed the Centre to apprise the court whether it has plans to open more laboratories to check adulteration of miscible oil in cooking oils available in the market.
CHANDIGARH:
The HC bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Anil Kshetarpal termed it "unfortunate" that despite edible oils of different types being consumed in very large quantities throughout the country, the nearest laboratory to conduct the aforesaid test is situated nearly 1,500 kms from Chandigarh, in Nagpur.
This story is from the December 15, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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