Trade ministry refuses to receive cooking oil from industry ministry

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Ministry of Trade refused to receive five thousand tons of cooking oil from the Ministry of Industry, a source from the ministry said on Wednesday. “This quantity of cooking oil was imported from Turkey, a matter that contradicts the contract between the two ministries,” Qaiss Mohammed Naseeb, director general of the State company for food stuff commerce, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The agreement stipulates that the quantity should be produced locally,” he said. “The Ministry of Industry imported this quantity from Turkey, and put a local label on it,” he added. “The ministry of trade has all evidences to prove this claim,” he noted. MH (P)/SH 1