7 arrested, P5.5-M illegal cooking oil seized in Bukidnon

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) personnel and operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) inspect and seize allegedly adulterated, unlabeled, and unregistered cooking oil worth P5.5 million during an operation in Barangay Poblacion, Valencia City, Bukidnon. Photo courtesy of CIDG Bukidnon

VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — Authorities arrested seven individuals and seized an estimated P5.5 million worth of allegedly adulterated, unlabeled, and unregistered cooking oil during simultaneous enforcement operations in Valencia City on June 18.

Operatives from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), in coordination with personnel from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), conducted raids on a warehouse and a sari-sari store in Barangay Poblacion, resulting in the confiscation of thousands of liters of cooking oil allegedly being sold and distributed without the required permits and registrations.

Photo courtesy of CIDG Bukidnon

According to CIDG, four suspects were arrested at the store and three others at the warehouse. All are legal-age residents of Bukidnon.