The government has vowed to strengthen laws governing edible oil in the wake of a scandal that has linked hundreds of businesses to the use or distribution of tainted gutter oil from taiwanese.
Gutter oil hong kong government.
A potentially harmful oil called gutter oil has made its way to hong kong and investigators fear that this oil has been used to make some of the local favourites there including dumplings.
Sweet buns and dumplings were pulled from the shelves in hong kong as authorities checked monday whether they contained the recycled taiwanese cooking oil that has sparked a growing regional food safety scare.
It will cause indigestion insomnia liver discomfort and other symptoms regulations and law enforcement.
An investigation was launched after the oil from a taiwanese company accused of using illegally.
Animal and vegetable fat in refined waste oil will undergo rancidity oxidation and decomposition after contamination.
Taiwanese authorities say a factory in the south of the island illegally used 243 tonnes of tainted products often referred to as gutter oil to mix with lard oil in a case that has reignited.
Gutter oil in hong kong and technology s answer comes from baidu engineers who during their conference last week unveiled a sophisticated antidote to relieve these food related ailments that seem to constantly crop up in china and spread to the greater region.
Taipei foods made using gutter oil have been exported from taiwan to 12 countries local officials revealed on thursday announcing concurrently that they are banning imports of lard from hong.
Four importers in hong kong have been found to have bought oil from chang guann the kaoshiung based supplier accused of buying at least 240 tonnes of gutter oil recycled from kitchen waste.