The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended 10 brands of cooking oil and fats in Kenya saying they have failed to meet the satisfactory health standards. The manufacturers include Bidco Africa, Pwani Oil, Kapa Oil and Menengai.
A letter to the Retail Traders Association of Kenya (RETRAK) CEO Wambui Mbarire that was dated Wednesday stated that the main aim of the action is to protect consumers from using substandard products.
“Kindly note that this is not a ban on the brands but a temporary suspension to facilitate protection of consumers from potentially unsafe products, safeguard economic interest of manufacturers of compliant brands and to allow the manufacturers of non-compliant brands to initiate and put in place effective corrective action under KEBs supervision to ensure that the non-compliant brands comply with the requirements of the respective Kenya Standards and Standard Acts Cap 496, Laws of Kenya before being allowed back to the market. ” indicated part of the letter.
The suspended brands include Bahari fry, Fresh fry, Fresh fry with garlic oil, Frymate, Gold n pure olive gold, Top fry, Tilly, Salit, Rina and Postman.
The products will be allowed back to the market once they have a clean bill of health showing they have met the consumer standards.
