1 out of 10 lower market meals in china are cooked using gutter oil.
China gutter oil documentary.
A video shot and released earlier this year by radio free asia is making the rounds online today.
The short documentary details the illegal production and sale of so called gutter oil a cooking.
This is generally known as gutter oil chinese pinyin dìgōu yóu simplified characters 地沟油 traditional characters 地溝油.
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 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.
Gutter oil can contain bleaches and chemicals to alter its.
Just how big of an issue is this.
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.
Not just inferior cooking oil relabelled as well regarded brands but made from waste oil and rotting animal parts.
The oil contains contaminants pathogens and other potentially lethal chemicals.
Come and see what gutter oil di gou you is all about and how to avoid it here in china.
Needless to say consuming foods that are fried with this dirty oil can be harmful to human health.
Recycled oil from the gutters and sewers.
China s gutter oil has occurred frequently in recent years.
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.
Last year there was a report on oil being made.