Gutter Oil Taiwan

Tainted cooking oil gutter oil was being produced by chang guann co.

Gutter oil taiwan. The first documented case of gutter oil in taiwan was reported in 1985. Taiwan s food and drug administration has announced. And branded as chuan tung fragrant lard oil. A tainted oil scandal in taiwan could result in a shortage of groceries and could even affect large international companies including starbucks.

Yeh s gutter oil case was the first in a string of scandals with taiwanese food giant ting hsin group accused of selling oil intended for animal food just one month later. In recent years illegally recycled oil has emerged as a serious food safety concern in china where it is known colloquially as gutter oil the substance is dangerous not just because of poor. The taiwanese lard giant which says it was unaware that the oil was gutter oil in turn sold 51 981 cartons of oil to hundreds of food companies around asia according to taiwan s food and drug.

Most of china s gutter oil winds up in cheap restaurants and among street food vendors. Once collected this slop is then filtered mixed together cooked up and then sold to unscrupulous restaurants around china. Taiwan executive detained as gutter oil food safety scandal deepens sbs. Chang guann s gutter oil scandal in september 2014 taiwan s food and drug administration identified more than 900 restaurants and food plants that were using gutter oil supplied by chang guann.

At least 1 256 businesses were affected in the gutter oil scandal. It was distributed towards the downstream food chain taiwan executive detained 2014 taiwan executive detained. Accessed september 13 2014. Yes gutter oil 地沟油 dìgōu yóu pretty much really comes from gutters well sewer drains grease traps slaughterhouse waste depots disposed of meat animal fat skins innards and restaurant oil dumps.