Thiruvananthapuram: Left Democratic Front led state government has banned 74 coconut oil brands after it was found adulterated during the test. State Food Safety Commissioner has issued an order which makes the manufacturing, storage, and selling of these brands illegal.
Food and Safety Commissioner Anand Singh has said that stocking and marketing of these banned coconut oils would be liable for punishment under this order.
As per reports, the Health Minister of Kerala KK Shylaja had instructed the food and safety department to step up the initiatives to ensure the prohibition of the sale of adulterated food items being sold in the state.
The latest crackdown is a result of the complaint after an investigation was carried out by a website and later it failed to pass the test and was found to be in violation of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
Interestingly, almost half of the banned brands of coconut oil have “Kera” suffix, a trick used by these brand to manipulate the consumers portraying to establish a link with Government-owned enterprise, KeraFed.
Some of these banned brands of coconut oil are:
STS Kera Premium Gold Coconut Oil, STS Kera 3-in-1, STS Parimritham, Kera Grace Double Filtered Coconut Oil, KKD Parisudham Sudhamaya Velichenna, Brilliant Grade One Agmarrk Coconut Oil, KS Kerasugandhi Pure Coconut oil, Kera Proudy Coconut Oil, Kera Priyam Coconut Oil, Golden Drops Coconut Oil, Kairali Drops Live Healthy and Wise Pure Coconut Oil, Kerala Cook Coconut Oil, Kera Hira Coconut Oil, Keralithinite Swantham Velichenna Pure Coconut Oil, Kera Swadish 100% Pure and Natural Coconut Oil, Kitchen Tasty Coconut Oil, Kera Sulabha Coconut Oil, Kera Farm Coconut Oil, Kera Flow Coconut Oil, Kalpa Keralam Coconut Oil, Kera Nadu, Kera Surabhi Grade One Agmark coconut Oil, Cocobar Coconut Oil, NMS Cocobar Coconut Oil, Silver Flow Coconut Oil, Kera Spice Coconut Oil, SGS Kera Day 100% Pure & Natural Coconut Oil, SGS Sudhamaya Velichanna Kera Saubhagya Double Filtered Coconut Oil, Kera Proud Coconut Oil, Kera Queen Coconut Oil, Kera Bharat 100% Pure & Natural Coconut Oil, Kera Classic Agmark Coconut Oil, Evergreen Coconut Oil Roasted & Double Filtered, Coco Green Coconut Oil, Kera Preethi Coconut Oil, New Evergreen Coconut Oil, Kera Sudham Double Filtered Coconut Oil, Kaula Pure Coconut Oil, Kera Nuts double Filtered Coconut Oil, Parimalam, Dhanu Agmark Coconut Oil, Freehouse Pure Coocnut Oil, Kera Fresh coconut Oil, amritasree Coconut Oil, RMS Samskriti Coconut Oil, Kanmani Coconut Oil, Bril coconut Oil, Kera Be & Be, Kera Thripthi, Confirmed Global Quality Coco Azet Classic and Clear Ultra Multifiltered coconut Oil, Kera King coconut Oil the Pride of Kerala 0% trans fat, Quality of Every Drops ABC Gold, KP Premium, New Kerala Drop Coconut Oil, Kera Malbar Coconut Oil, Avani, SFP Lavanya, Golden Live Healthu and Wise, ADM Premium, ACT Malabar Nadan Velichenna, Kera Samrudhi, Kera Healthy Double Filtered Coconut Oil, Life Kuttiady Coconut Oil, Kera Kuttiady Coconut Oil, Green Mountain 100% Pure and Natural Coconut Oil, Kera Smart, Kera King 0% Trans Fat, Supreme’s Soorya Coconut Oil, Special Easy Cook Coconut Oil and Kera Land Premium Coconut Oil 100% Natural.
It’s not the first time, earlier on May 31, 2018, this year the authorities had banned 45 brands of coconut oil and later on June 30, 51 more brands were banned. With the ban on these 74 brands, a total of 170 brands of coconut oil have been banned in the state in 2018.
