Beware of your food, Animal Fat Oil is used in some Hotels.

Beware of Animal Fat Oil in Your Hotel Food!

HYDERABAD: Residents of the city be aware for a shock. Few restaurants are using animal fat, which is supposed to be used for making soaps and other industrial products, for cooking putting the health of the people at risk. Use of industrial animal fat in  preparation of food products is prohibited since Animal fat contains high levels of chemical pollutants which cannot meet the required hygienic standards for cooking oil.

Vegetable oil prices rising up, some restaurants are switching to cheaper alternatives like using oil made from industrial animal fats.

With protests from people, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation  got into the act and sealed some factories which are engaged in extracting oil from animal fat. “We conducted raids for 3 days continuously and sealed a fat-melting unit in Alinagar, old city. Industrial animal fat is mainly used in making soap. “Reaching the unit, we found 80 tins of oil, apart from animal fat of dead animals. We also found several bills belonging to other states,” the officials added.

Beware animal oil used in some restaurants

Another senior official explained that GHMC would take serious note of any complaint made regarding use of animal oil in food and would take immediate action. “People can differentiate between cooking oil and oil made from animal fat from their colour and smell. If anybody notices that restaurants are making using of animal fat, they can contact GHMC officials, their food inspectors will immediately check,” the official said.