Bidco Uganda Limited (BUL), the producers of Fortune Butto, have asked the public to disregard and treat with contempt, a video clip making rounds on social media, regarding the product.
In the clip that has since gone viral, a female like voice alleging how she purchased some pouches of Fortune Butto and displaying that they were bearing water packed in kaveera and inserted into the pouch instead of Fortune Butto.
She further urges all recipients of the clip to share the “malicious and baseless video until it reaches the rightful person” but she conceals her identity as well as that of her customer who allegedly returned the product.
She also does not disclose the identity of her viewers as well as that of her shop or business enterprise.
Even before she cuts, she seems very confident and certain that all other pouches that have been allegedly returned also contain water instead of oil.
Now, in a statement, BUL says the contents of video clip are fake and only intended to tarnish the products of the company for selfish reasons.
“All our Products are certified by Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). BUL embraced system Certification such as FSSC 22000 (Food Safety Management System), ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems) and ISO: 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System),” explains BUL.
” All these are geared towards serving the wider African market with our brands of Fortified Edible Oils, fats and hygienic products. We are producers of leading brands of edible oil such as Fortune Butto,” adds BUL.
The company says they have worked with Government Security agencies before and managed to track and arrested some culprits mainly in the Districts of Mayuge and Iganga Vide Ref: 57/29/4/2021 & Ref:24/28/2/2022).
“As it is synoymous with malicious people, the culprits carefully open the sachet from the laminated area, remove oil, insert water in kaveera through the laminated area then seal it carefully with glue.
As a reputable company, we implore the complainant to report the matter to the nearest Police, Uganda National Bureau of Standards or come to our company premises in Masese-Jinja at Plot Number 152M, Maseses industrial area in Jinja,” says BUL.
The company is working with government agencies to establish the motive of the perpetrators as this kind of publication threatens to malign the integrity of Bidco Uganda Limited.
“We once again assure our reliable clients that Bidco Uganda Limited cares so much about the wellbeing of its clientele making it inevitable for us to prioritize quality at a price advantage. We want to guarantee quality service and above all, upholding the standards required of an Edible Oil company to which we were established”.
Meanwhile, BUL has appealed to anyone with information concerning perpetrators to them on phone number +256434124200, email: info@bul.co.ug as they undertake to reward all whistleblowers in line with their policy.
“We also pledge to keep highest levels of confidentiality.”
BUL is an FMCG company that established a modern edible oil processing complex in Masese-Jinja. BUL has also developed over 12,000 hectares of Oil Palm Plantations on Bugala Island in Kalangala and Buvuma as a backward integration component of promoting the Government of Uganda’s Policy (Buy Uganda Build Uganda).