It can also be used to describe the processing of waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers grease traps slaughterhouse waste and.
Gutter oil usa.
Not just inferior cooking oil relabelled as well regarded brands but made from waste oil and rotting animal parts.
The consequence though is putting the public s health at great risk.
Dìgōu yóu or 餿水油.
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.
Gutter oil can contain bleaches and chemicals to alter its.
Food safety has become a focus of attention worldwide.
According to the analysis the price of 1 ton of gutter oil was the 1700 1800 yuan while the price of 1 ton of rapeseed oil was 7000 8000 yuan.
Eating food cooked with gutter oil can be poisonous.
China has a known problem with counterfeit cooking oil made illegally by gangs.
The same thing happens in china where enterprising criminals steal fat from sewers and grease traps clean it up only minimally and then sell the resulting gutter oil on the black market.
The researchers said after purification of gutter oil it can reach the national level of edible oil standards but the cost is too high people cannot achieve.
An overview of chinese food safety issues and policies.
2 2 school of nursing university of pennsylvania philadelphia usa.
1 1 school of medicine jinhua polytechnic college jinhua zhejiang china.
Beijing chinese authorities have battled to get rid of gutter oil in the country s kitchens for years cracking down on illegal oil production rings since.
Most of china s gutter oil winds up in cheap restaurants and among street food vendors.
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.
Once collected this slop is then filtered mixed together cooked up and then sold to unscrupulous restaurants around china.
