China Gutter Oil Documentary

This is generally known as gutter oil chinese pinyin dìgōu yóu simplified characters 地沟油 traditional characters 地溝油.

China gutter oil documentary.

Gutter oil can contain bleaches and chemicals to alter its. A video shot and released earlier this year by radio free asia is making the rounds online today. Come and see what gutter oil di gou you is all about and how to avoid it here in china. Last year there was a report on oil being made.

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. Not just inferior cooking oil relabelled as well regarded brands but made from waste oil and rotting animal parts. 1 out of 10 lower market meals in china are cooked using gutter oil. The short documentary details the illegal production and sale of so called gutter oil a cooking.

Needless to say consuming foods that are fried with this dirty oil can be harmful to human health. 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. Recycled oil from the gutters and sewers.

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. Just how big of an issue is this. The oil contains contaminants pathogens and other potentially lethal chemicals.