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Stored palm oil at Port Qasim unfit for human consumption
Stored palm oil at Port Qasim unfit for human consumption
15/10/2008 (Daily Times), Karachi - Special Secretary Health Dr Abdul Majid has said that the test reports from three laboratories have shown that a consignment of imported palm oil stored at Port Qasim is unfit for human consumption. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, he said that samples of palm oil from the consignment were sent for testing to the laboratories of CDGK, PCSIR and HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry at Karachi University and their reports suggest that the palm oil is not fit for human consumption. He said that the case of the consignment is in court and its fate will be decided soon.