This week, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) threw consumers into panic when it suspended the sale of some batches of cooking oil from 10 popular brands owned by Bidco Oil, Pwani Oil, Kapa Oil Refineries and Menengai Oil Refineries. The standards agency said the products had fallen short of its standard for edible oils and fats identified as KS EAS 769: KS 2019 – with regards to the quantity of iron. Kebs said its market surveillance and tests found that the brands had a high iron content beyond the recommended 2.5mg/kilogramme. WHICH BRANDS WERE RECALLED? Kebs said results from the tests o…