Bidco Africa, a leading manufacturer of editable oils and cooking fat, has responded days after the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) flagged a number of cooking oil brands.
KEBS ordered the recall of 10 edible oil and cooking fat brands last Wednesday in a letter to the Retail Traders Association of Kenya due to alleged non-compliance with set standards.
Bidco’s Bahari Fry and Gold n Pure Olive Gold were among the brands flagged for noncompliance, but in a statement, Bidco chairman Vimal Shah reiterated the company’s commitment to high-quality products.
“As a manufacturer, we acknowledge the sacred mandate of KEBS in enforcing standards that safeguard the health of consumers and promote fair trade practices.
“In the same vein, we wish to reiterate that our commitment to the highest quality standards and our promise to deliver safe products to our consumers still holds true,” chairman Vimal said.
Concerning the two Bidco brands listed among the ten edible oils, chairman Vimal stated that the two (Bahari Fry and Gold n Pure Olive Gold) were given a clean bill of health following an independent lab test.
“On the matter at hand, we sent sealed samples with the same Batch Numbers to one of the leading independent labs in Kenya, Bureau Veritas, who gave the two products a clean bill of health in compliance with the KEBS standards in the parameter of Iron Content of Maximum 2.5 mg/kg. As a leading manufacturer with hundreds of thousands of consumers, our Quality Assurance Team is vigilant 24/7.
“As a responsible Corporate Citizen, we believe in the autonomy of our institutions and will cooperate fully with KEBS even with the said alternative independent lab results,” Vimal added.
