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03-28-2010, 04:07 AM
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| China - reselling of used, garbage, drainage oil to restaurants,etc.
So this has been on the chinese news a lot these last few days
(im sure the chinese members must have seen this a million times by now if they watch fairchild/talentvision)
where oil collected in waste depots, sewers, restaurants are being re-sold and re-used
a chinese scientist suspects 1 in 10 meals are cooked with such oil found especially in restaurants
its widespread, especially at restaurants, because the price for such oil is cheap as hell (at least half the price)
China's trying to crackdown on this now since said scientist issued his report
but apparently its been going on for a long time now the image shown below is the crackdown of a person who's been collecting this oil and repackaging it... the photo is from 2003 
here are a few quick google links, the one quoted seems the most informative Quote: Illegal oil a 'hot' business
By Guo Rui and Wang Yan (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-03-22 07:22
Methods of detection need to be improved
WUHAN - With the inefficiency of current techniques for detecting and identifying the use of illegal cooking oil in China, there is an urgent need to improve kitchen waste recycling procedures to prevent the continued use of such oil in food production, a leading food expert has said.
He Dongping, a professor of food science engineering at Wuhan Polytechnic University (WHPU), revealed last Thursday that one in every 10 meals in the country might have been cooked with dirty oil based on an ongoing study.
The revelation has raised widespread alarm. The State Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency notice to restaurants nationwide, warning them against recycling oil.
In an interview with China Daily over the weekend, He said his research team at WHPU is working on developing a method for detecting and identifying illegal cooking oil, which is a difficult task.
"It's hard to tell the difference between illegal cooking oil and its ordinary counterparts just by looking and smelling," said He.
In addition to an effective method of detection having yet to be found, the difficulty is compounded once the illegal oil has been blended into ordinary ones.
The "illegal cooking oil" is usually made from discarded kitchen waste that has been refined. Although it looks clean and clear, it actually contains toxic substances, including "aflatoxin", which can cause cancer.
"The country's underground oil refining businesses have grown pretty mature. There is a whole set of procedures for producing illegal cooking oil," He explained.
In the current situation, preventing of the use of illegal cooking oil should start at its source, kitchen waste, He said.
"The first step is to ensure an official, standardized collection of kitchen waste," he recommended.
In the interim, the use of illegal cooking oil continues to be sustained by its high profitability.
An investigation in Wuhan showed few restaurants are willing to hire the city's sanitation workers for kitchen waste collection.
The owner of a restaurant in the Wuchang district of Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, last Friday told China Daily he serves at least 50 tables a day, which produces two big barrels of kitchen waste.
According to the restaurateur, the waste could be collected and recycled by sanitation workers, but an official with the Wuhan urban management bureau told China Daily that sanitation workers never collect waste from restaurants.
"The restaurants have to pay a certain fee if they hire the city's sanitation workers, whereas selling kitchen waste to private parties can make up to 10,000 yuan ($1,500) every year," Zeng Wei, director of the Wuhan Airui Biodiesel Company, told Xinhua News Agency on Saturday.
According to Zeng, many restaurants contract out their kitchen waste collection to private parties, a stable set-up in which there is no room for the entrance of an outside party.
Under the arrangement, a large restaurant is capable of making 2 million yuan per year just by selling its kitchen waste, Xinhua reported.
As a country with a prosperous restaurant business, the amount of kitchen waste produced on a daily basis in China is quite large, forming 40 percent of a city's total waste, He told China Daily.
He said Chinese cities fall into five categories for the amount of kitchen waste they produce. First level cities (Beijing and Shanghai) produce 1,000 to 1,500 tons of waste per day; second level cities (such as Wuhan) produce 500 to 1,000 tons; third level cities (of which Qingdao and Ningbo are examples) produce 200 to 500 tons; fourth level cities (like Xiangfan in Hubei) produce 100 to 200 tons; and fifth level cities (which are primarily at the county level) produce less than 100 tons, according to He.
Refining 1 ton of the waste would produce 130 kg of illegal cooking oil. With its price being half that of ordinary cooking oil, a profit of 1.5 to 2 billion yuan is produced in the entire illegal cooking oil business in the country every year, He said.
"The profit margin is almost 200 percent. It's easy to understand why the business is so hot."
| http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_9619592.htm http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news11189.html http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/0...-oil-supplies/
So if your holidaying in China currently or this Summer maybe think twice about what you eat or how you eat it ? :/
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03-28-2010, 04:22 AM
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^ That's why the street food tastes so good in China.. *licks lips*
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03-28-2010, 04:55 AM
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Fuck I am dreading my trip to China this summer
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03-28-2010, 08:41 AM
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That's fucking nasty. I am glad that it is getting reported to the outside world and publicized in the media as oppose to just being covered up. More attention to the shitty shit in China will help the government to change.
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03-28-2010, 08:52 AM
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seriously, this is the most fucked up shit ever uncovered.
1 out of 10 meals use drainage oil...shit, I better bring my own cooking oil to a restaurant next time, and watch the chef cooks in front of me
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03-28-2010, 08:59 AM
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well it is china so im not too surprised
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03-28-2010, 10:13 AM
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that is seriously fucked up...
dont understand why they gotta be so low...god damn
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03-28-2010, 10:24 AM
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That yellowish liquid in the 1st pic reminds me of tub girl.
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03-28-2010, 11:35 AM
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03-28-2010, 12:04 PM
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looks like i'm gonna order everything steamed, the next time i go.
not too surprised about these reports though.
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Too bad AE98 is banned. He could've come in here and told us how re-used garbage oil is good because it contains extra nutrients and how it makes China ever so perfect.
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03-28-2010, 01:46 PM
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oh he's banned? but my popcorn is popping.
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what ppl will do to make a buck..... fucked up
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03-28-2010, 09:27 PM
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at least it's not fake oil!
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03-28-2010, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by optiblue at least it's not fake oil! | Nah, synthetic is expensive
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meh, im sure thats the least u have to worry about.. fake soy sauce, bleached rice, chemically made eggs. etc.
lol i rmb something about using wooden chopsticks and making it into bamboo shots for stirfry lawlz
oh, btw, for anyone going to china, if you see those "disinfected" dinner sets wrapped in clear plastic @ restaurants, they use the same water for a whole year.
... picture makes me want to get some chinese food. FUCK
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03-29-2010, 12:08 AM
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damn i was thinking of going to china during the summer...
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fucking UGHGH!! i just had my oatmeal! 
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