Firms invite Kebs to testing duel after recall of cooking oil

Amb. Peter Kaberia, Principal Secretary, State Department for Industrialization during a press conference after a joint meeting with KEBS and manufacturers of edible oils. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

Edible oil manufacturers are demanding that the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) now agrees to joint testing of iron in batches of their products whose sales have been suspended for non -compliance with standards.

Players in the sector who stormed out of a meeting with government officials on Monday told the Business Daily that Bidco Africa, Pwani Oil, Kapa Oil and Menengai want the test done jointly as they disputed the Kebs results.

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