Kathmandu, Feb. 27 -- In December last year, the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control recalled and destroyed Khajurico brand puff, a popular snack, after laboratory tests found industrial trans fat levels exceeding the permissible limit.

Around 5,200 packets were pulled from the market and crushed and buried within the factory premises in Godavari, Lalitpur. Officials say the action sent a strong message to manufacturers and prompted greater caution across the processed food industry.

Nepal's food quality watchdog has enforced a maximum limit on industrial trans fat in food products since February last year.

In the course of inspecting food items in the market in the first six months of the current fiscal year, the departm...