Public demands re-launch of utility ghee, cooking oil with improved quality

Islamabad

Consumers using ‘Utility ghee and cooking oil’ have appealed to Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar to direct management of Utility Stores Corporation to improve the quality of their brands of ghee and cooking oil for betterment of larger segment of society, as it cannot afford to purchase costlier ghee and cooking oil of other brands.

The sale of utility ghee and cooking oil which was sold at Rs112 per kilogram was affordable for public but on January 24, 2017, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in its verdict banned sale of all low quality ghee and cooking oils.

It merits mentioning here that the sale of utility ghee and cooking oil was high against all other ghee and cooking oil brands which according to Utility Stores Corporation management was worth billions of rupees at 63 outlets of the USC.

‘The News’ has learnt reliably that after the SC verdict regarding ban on sale of low quality ghee and cooking oil, all branded ghee and cooking oil companies have increased rates of their brands by Rs10 to Rs15 and launched six different kinds of other ghee and cooking oil brands as well. The normal price of 1-kilogram ghee and cooking oil is Rs133 and others are being sold at higher rate of Rs155 per kilogram.

The Utility Stores Corporation (USC) Senior General Manager Ghee and Cooking Oil Saghir Ahmed told ‘The News’ that six new brands of ghee and cooking oil have been launched in market after ban on sale of utility ghee and cooking oil. He also admitted that the sale of utility ghee and cooking oil was highest than all other brands of ghee and cooking oil throughout the country. “We are trying to restart sale of utility ghee and cooking oil once again as public is demanding it,” he said. He has also admitted that branded ghee and cooking oil companies have also increased prices of their products.