China Using Gutter Oil

Actually some food sellers even make their own gutter oil to further save on expenses.

China using gutter oil.

Not just inferior cooking oil relabelled as well regarded brands but made from waste oil and rotting animal parts. China has a known problem with counterfeit cooking oil made illegally by gangs. Sōushuǐ yóu is a general term for oil that has been recycled it can be used to describe the practice of restaurants re using cooking oil that has already been fried before. It is perfectly legal to use gutter oil to make cosmetics soaps lotions and pharmaceuticals in china.

China has cracked down on food safety in recent years after a series of scandals including the use of recycled gutter oil cooking oil that has been recycled from sources such as restaurant waste. So if we buy drugs and cosmetics made in china they can legally contain gutter oil. It can also be used to describe the processing of waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers grease traps slaughterhouse waste and. Therefore distinguishing legitimate cooking oil and reprocessed gutter oil is difficult.

Dìgōu yóu or 餿水油. Including products which are exported overseas to us. Chinese media reported on tuesday that a subsidiary of joincare pharmaceutical group industry co ltd located in jiaozuo purchased the gutter oil and used it to produce the widely used. This disgusting practice is done by unscrupulous individuals in the country as a way of selling cheaper oil to consumers.

It is also sometimes used to bulk out lard products before being used in processed foods as well the courts vowing to dole out the death penalty to the worst offenders this year the chinese have renewed national campaigns to stamp out the practice among restauranteurs and street food vendors. Although gutter oil is illegal it is said to be pretty common in china. Reprocessed gutter oil involves the use of alkali additives to reduce the abnormal ph caused by high rates of animal fats and bleach to convert the dark colour to clear.