Tirumala Laddu row: A day after the TTD initiated legal action against the firm, the employee refuted the allegation that fish oil was used to prepare ghee.
An employee of AR Dairy Food Private Limited – a Tamil Nadu-based company in the dock for allegedly supplying adulterated ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams for Sri Venkateswara Temple prasadam – has called the allegations against the firm “absurd”.
A day after the TTD initiated legal action against the firm, the employee refuted the allegation that fish oil was used to prepare ghee. He said the charge was absurd because fish oil was more expensive than ghee.
Kanan, a quality control officer of the firm, said any adulteration of this kind would be immediately detectable by smell.
“These allegations, ranging from vegetable oil to animal fat adulteration, are severely damaging to our business. Moreover, the claim that fish oil was added is absurd; fish oil is more expensive than ghee. Any adulteration of this kind would immediately be detectable by smell alone,” he told a Tamil channel, according to The Indian Express.
The officer said the company has been producing ghee since 1998. He said the milk procured for ghee undergoes 102 quality checks.
He said the company’s ghee was approved by TTD.
“Our ghee samples are first tested in national laboratories before being dispatched to TTD. Upon arrival, TTD’s food safety officer checks the samples again,” he added.
