The debate over beef in the country is very old. But this time the matter is about the alleged use of substandard material and animal fat in the prasad of the world famous Tirupati temple. In fact, the ruling Telugu Desam Party claimed on Thursday that the Gujarat-based livestock laboratory has confirmed adulteration. TDP spokesperson Anam Venkat Ramana Reddy showed the alleged lab report in a press conference, in which the sample of ghee given was found to be adulterated with animal fat. "Beef Tallow" The presence of has been confirmed. Today we will tell you what beef tallow is.
What is the matter
Now the question is what is beef tallow and what is this whole matter. First let us understand what the matter is. Let us tell you that Andhra Pradesh Congress President YS Sharmila has written on the social media platform X that ‘Chandrababu Naidu’s comment that as CM he has used animal oil instead of ghee in Laddu Prasadam is harmful to the sanctity and prestige of Tirumala. At the same time, Venkatesh, the deity of crores of Hindus, has been tarnished. We demand from CM Chandrababu Naidu that if there is no political dimension in your allegations, if you have no intention of politicizing emotions, a high level committee should be formed immediately or the CBI should investigate.
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Beef tallow
Now the question is what is beef tallow. Beef tallow is basically made of beef fat. It contains fat extracted from beef pieces like rump roast, ribs and steak. It can also be made by melting pure fat extracted from meat, which turns into a flexible substance when cooled. It looks like soft butter at room temperature.
Temple prasad
Laddu prasad is prepared in Tirupati temple. Every day 3 lakh laddus are made and distributed here. Beef fat, animal fat and fish oil are mixed in laddus. All this is mixed in the ghee from which laddus are prepared. Not only this, these laddus have been distributed as prasad to the devotees, but these laddus have also been offered to God as prasad.
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Where does the ghee come from in the temple?
According to the information, for the last 50 years, Karnataka Cooperative Milk Federation was supplying pure desi ghee to the temple committee at concessional rates. At the same time, in July 2023, the company refused to supply at a lower rate, after which the then Jagan Mohan Reddy government gave the responsibility of supplying ghee to 5 firms. At the same time, in July this year, after irregularities were found in the sample, the Naidu government became alert and on August 29, again handed over the supply work to KMF.
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