Taiwan probes 鈥榞utter oil鈥 charge
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TAIWAN health authorities said yesterday they are investigating more than 200 companies for allegedly using recycled cooking oil obtained from restaurants in their products, in the latest food safety scandal to hit the island.
Police and prosecutors also said that two underground factories were busted on suspicion of selling processed “gutter oil” — collected from cookers, fryers and grease traps — including one that supplied leading food oil manufacturer Chang Guann Co.
Another factory allegedly recycled grease from leather processing plants for oils used in animal feeds.
Officials said that Chang Guann then sold the oils on to at least 235 companies, including a number of leading brands, as lard-based cooking oils.
The probe was launched after police received a tip-off that waste oil was being collected from restaurants and food stands, processed and then re-sold.
Health authorities are investigating all the firms that might have sold or used the tainted material in their products.
Chang Guann apologized but said it was unaware the oil was recycled, so it too was a victim. The firm said it had bought 243 tons of oil since February.
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