RUCO stands for Repurpose Used Cooking Oil is an initiative to enable collection and conversion of used cooking oil to biodiesel.

• Under this initiative, 64 companies at 101 locations have been identified to enable collection of used cooking oil.
• The initiative was launched nearly month after FSSAI notified standards for used cooking oil.

According to FSSAI regulations, maximum permissible limits for Total Polar Compounds (TPC) have been set at 25%, beyond which the cooking oil is unsafe for consumption. Beside this, FSSAI is also working in partnership with Biodiesel Association of India (BAI) and food industry to ensure effective compliance of used cooking oil regulations.