Gutter oil can contain bleaches and chemicals to alter its.
China gutter oil documentary.
23 in september 2012 an ongoing investigation into the suspected use of gutter oil as a raw material in the chinese pharmaceutical industry was revealed.
The safety of china s cooking oil has become a.
The first documented case of gutter oil in mainland china was reported in 2000 when a street vendor was found to be selling oil obtained from restaurant garbage disposals.
The short documentary details the illegal production and sale of so called gutter oil a cooking.
China s gutter oil has occurred frequently in recent years.
Recycled oil from the gutters and sewers.
Not just inferior cooking oil relabelled as well regarded brands but made from waste oil and rotting animal parts.
The short documentary details the illegal production and sale of so called gutter oil a cooking oil made from restaurant sewer refuse and rotten animal fat that is refined and then sold mostly.
Just how big of an issue is this.
A video shot and released earlier this year by radio free asia is making the rounds online today.
Last year there was a report on oil being made.
1 out of 10 lower market meals in china are cooked using gutter oil.
Needless to say consuming foods that are fried with this dirty oil can be harmful to human health.
With successive exposure of illegal gutter oil incidents and criminal events of vendors to small medium sized and even some well known domestic enterprises the situation of cooking oil safety has become extremely severe.
The practice is not new and while the government has banned gutter oil it has not been able to eradicate the practice the atlantic reported today.
China has a known problem with counterfeit cooking oil made illegally by gangs.