Meanwhile, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has denied the allegation and denied any such allegation. animal fat in preparation for Tirupati Laddoo He accused Chandrababu Naidu of “playing with the sentiments of devotees for political gain”.
The YSRCP chief said the tender process takes place every six months and the eligibility criteria have not changed for decades.
“The tender process takes place every six months, and the qualification criteria have not changed for decades. Suppliers must provide a certificate.” NABL Certificate “TTD collects samples from ghee and only products that pass the certification are used,” Reddy said.
He said, “TDP is politicising religious matters. We have rejected these products 18 times during our rule.”
Center sought report
The Centre has sought a full report on the issue and Union Health Minister JP Nadda has said the government will take up the matter further and take appropriate action.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda also sought a full report from CM Naidu and said the government will pursue the matter and take appropriate action
During a press conference, Nadda said that he had spoken to Naidu after the controversy erupted and announced to approach state regulators for a detailed investigation.
He said, “I met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. chandrababu naidu Nadda said, “After getting information about this, I took detailed information from them. I have asked them to share the available report so that I can investigate it.”
He said, “I will also talk to the state regulators and investigate this. Appropriate action will be taken as per the rules.” food safety standardsHe said, “Right now I have asked for a report and we will investigate it.”
The reports are shocking: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam
Temple executive officer Shamla Rao said contractors have been warned of strict action if they supply adulterated and substandard ghee.
“When I took over as the executive officer of TTD, the chief minister expressed concern over the quality of ghee and laddus procured, which are considered very holy and offered as ‘prasad’ to Lord Venkateswara Swamy. Any deviation in quality would lead to committing ‘apoornaya’ (doing something that is not holy). He wanted me to take steps to ensure that the sanctity of this temple is restored, including ghee made from pure cow milk. We started working on it.”
He said, “We found that we have no internal laboratory to check adulteration in ghee. There is no system to check the quality of ghee even in external laboratories… The rates quoted by the tenderers are impractical, they are so low that one can say that pure cow ghee cannot cost so low… We have warned all the suppliers that they will be blacklisted if the ghee supplied does not pass the laboratory test. We collected all the samples and sent it to the best laboratory, it is controlled by the government, and the reports have come and they are shocking.”
Rao also announced the formation of a four-member expert committee to monitor the ghee purchased by the temple.
He said, “The report said the ghee sample was adulterated with vegetable fat as well as animal fat. The animal fat included lard (pig fat), palm oil, beef fat and fish oil including grape seed and flaxseed. The ghee sample was a mixture of all these and the result was abnormally low. The reading of pure milk fat should be between 95.68 to 104.32, but all our ghee samples had values around 20, which means the ghee supplied was highly adulterated.”
He said, “We have started the process of blacklisting and penalising the supplier. We have formed an expert committee to improve the supply of ghee and strengthen our internal system so that we do not face this problem again… We have found suppliers who have passed the test… The expert committee has asked us to set up our own laboratory… This problem will be solved in future.”
‘Laboratory report confirms the presence of animal fat in ghee’
The incident comes a day after the Telugu Desam Party cited a laboratory report supporting claims made by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu about the use of animal fat in the preparation of the famous Tirumala laddu during the tenure of the previous government led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)
Laboratory test reports have confirmed the presence of animal fat in the ghee used to prepare the famous Tirumala laddu during the tenure of the previous YSRCP government led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
According to the report, during investigation, fish oil, cow meat and fat were found in the Prasad sample.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu had accused the previous YSRCP government of adding animal fat to the ghee used for preparing prasad during its tenure.
“They (YSRCP government) have spoiled the quality of free food service and did not even spare Lord Venkateswara’s laddu by using substandard ingredients,” he said.
Naidu said he was surprised to see that substandard material was used to prepare the offering to Lord Venkateswara.
