Hyderabad: Random quality tests carried out by the food controller for oil and water packets in the city show that they are of substandard quality. Over 500 samples of oil and water packets, which were randomly picked from Hyderabad and other districts in the state, were fou-nd to be failing in quality. Vegetable oils which were picked up from the market and also supermarkets were tested. However, the quality of the product was found to be substandard.
Officials have sent a report on the tests to Food Safety Standard Authority of India. “These are branded products and hence the reports of its inferior quality have been sent to the head office, which will take up the matter with the manufacturers,” said a senior food inspector on condition of anonymity. He said they have also found counterfeit products under the same brand and the issue was taken up with the concerned people.
“For packaged drinking water, it was found that the product was misbranded and was of substandard quality, which was unsafe to drink. The samples were randomly picked up at bus stations, railway stations, malls and big markets in the state to assess the quality,” the official said.
