LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Director General Raja Jahangir Anwar said on Wednesday that an international conference will be held soon to invite more companies to produce biodiesel from used cooking oil in Pakistan.

A meeting of high-ups of the Authority and international experts of Total Parco Pakistan Limited held at PFA Headquarters in this regard.

Raja Jahangir Anwar said that legal and technical aspects of the disposal of used cooking oil were also discussed. Total Parco Company had expressed interest in setting up a used cooking oil collection system across the province and produce biodiesel from it.

The PFA DG added that Total Parco is the third largest company after Mitsubishi and Euro Company which has shown interest in it.

Raja Jahangir said that Total Parco Company had approached the PFA after being influenced by the provincial food regulatory body rules and system. He further said that valuable foreign exchange can be saved along with reduced health problems by converting used cooking oil into biodiesel.

The director general said that the biggest challenge for the food authority is to prevent the re-use of used cooking oil in the food industry that can be controlled after establishing a complete system while worldwide used cooking oil is being used as jet fuel.

As many as 10 biodiesel companies have licenses to collect used cooking oil from the market in Punjab. There is an effort that big companies should produce biodiesel in Pakistan, he added.

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