Overview
- Customs officials said the seized load was a full truck of Basmati rice bound for a supermarket in Wuppertal.
- Inspectors took samples after a suspected mold issue, but laboratory testing found mineral oil contamination instead.
- The food-control authority deemed the rice unfit to eat and sent it to the city’s waste company in Wuppertal for incineration.
- Officials explained that mineral oil can enter food through processing equipment or from the packaging materials.
- No source of the contamination or related illnesses was reported, underscoring how routine checks can stop risky food before it reaches customers.