There are also reports that long term consumption of the oil can lead to stomach and liver cancer.
Gutter oil snopes.
Gutter oil has been shown to be quite toxic and can cause diarrhea and abdominal pain.
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.
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Cooking oil is used heavily in chinese foo.
Gutter oil is an acceptable raw ingredient for products that are not for human consumption such as soap rubber bio fuel and cosmetics.
China s food safety problems have no better symbol than the illegal and utterly disgusting problem of gutter oil.
The consequence though is putting the public s health at great risk.
Including plunging oil prices.
Eating food cooked with gutter oil can be poisonous.