Gutter oil scandal raises food safety fears once again in greater china a man buys a cake from maxim s cakes in mongkok hong kong in this file photo from dec.
Gutter oil food safety.
Food safety has become a focus of attention worldwide.
In china one of the top concerns in food safety is gutter oil known as swill cooked oil.
Gutter oil or illicit cooking oil that has been recycled from waste oil collected from restaurant fryers drains grease traps and slaughterhouse waste from table to table has emerged as a serious food safety issue in china and exposed the shortcomings of china s food safety assurance systems.
This commentary summarizes the key incidents disclosed to the public by the media and the policies regarding gutter oil at national regional and provincial or city.
In the wake of several high profile food safety scandals.
By news desk on april 24 2015.
Gutter oil has been shown to be quite toxic and can cause diarrhea and abdominal pain.
China s food safety problems have no better symbol than the illegal and utterly disgusting problem of gutter oil.
But from the perspective of environmental protection gutter oil is a good way to recycling and re use resources.
From food safety aspect undoubtedly gutter oil will cause serious harm to human health.
Despite coming to light only in 2014 mass food adulteration by taiwanese food conglomerates however has been suppressed for decades and the food safety crisis has been among the reasons for the electoral defeat of the kuomintang in late 2014.
18 2008 kin cheung ap.
At least 1 256 businesses were affected in the gutter oil scandal.
Gutter oil is an acceptable raw ingredient for products that are not for human consumption such as soap rubber bio fuel and cosmetics.
Food safety has become a focus of attention worldwide.
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A potentially harmful oil called gutter oil has made its way to hong kong and investigators fear that this oil has been used to make some of the local favourites there including dumplings.
This commentary summarizes the key incidents disclosed to the public by the media and the policies regarding gutter oil at national regional and provincial or city levels.
There are also reports that long term consumption of the oil can lead to stomach and liver cancer.