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Uproar in China after cooking oil transported in fuel containers

Chinaย isย enragedย byย theย discoveryย thatย cookingย oilย wasย shippedย inย fuel-carryingย containers,ย whichย isย theย mostย recentย controversyย inย aย nationย whereย concernsย aboutย theย safetyย ofย foodย areย pervasive.

Theย Beijingย News,ย aย localย state-sponsoredย publication,ย releasedย anย investigationย lastย weekย intoย whatย itย referredย toย asย aย “openย secret”ย inย theย transportationย sector. Theย outletย discoveredย thatย multipleย tankerย trucksย hadย loadedย andย unloadedย edibleย cookingย oilย rightย away,ย withoutย stoppingย toย cleanย upย betweenย loads.

Inย theย faceย ofย growingย competition,ย truckย driversย informedย theย newspaperย thatย thisย methodย helpedย toย reduceย expenses. Theย sourceย alsoย citedย Zhuย Yi,ย aย foodย scienceย expert,ย whoย statedย thatย prolongedย ingestionย ofย coalย oilโ€”whichย isย primarilyย composedย ofย hydrocarbonsโ€”couldย resultย inย poisoning.

Withย theย federalย governmentย sayingย onย Tuesdayย thatย itย willย beginย anย investigation,ย authoritiesย haveย vowedย toย crackย down. Beijingย hasย promisedย toย doย muchย moreย inย recentย yearsย toย increaseย publicย trustย andย tightenย foodย safetyย rules. Theย Chineseย populationย isย accustomedย toย foodย safetyย scandals.

Inย 2008,ย milkย taintedย withย theย chemicalย melamineย poisonedย hundredsย ofย thousandsย ofย toddlersย andย killedย sixย babies in China.

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Theย massiveย Chineseย porkย processingย companyย Henanย Shuanghuiย issuedย anย apologyย inย 2022ย afterย itย wasย revealedย thatย employeesย hadย beenย wearingย filthyย uniformsย andย thatย uncleanย workย proceduresย includedย packingย meatย thatย hadย fallenย onย theย floor.

Andย whenย aย videoย wentย viralย lastย yearย purportingย toย showย aย workerย atย aย plantย peeingย onย rawย materials,ย theย world-renownedย beerย companyย Tsingtaoย launchedย anย inquiry.

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