A food safety controversy over cooking oil has sparked widespread anger among the public — and locals are taking it into their own hands to procure supplies.
China 's authorities have launched an investigation after a local report revealed that a major state-owned company had been employing tankers used for carrying fuel to transport cooking oil.
Other truckers interviewed for the report noted that in a bid to save costs, oftentimes these tankers are not cleaned before transporting edible liquids like cooking oil, soybean oil and syrup in China. Some edible oil manufacturers also do not strictly check or enforce whether or not the tanks are clean, Beijing News reported.
"What that means is Chinese are going to be scared of dining out. They don't want to eat in restaurants," said Shaun Rein, founder of the China Market Research Group. He surmises that Chinese consumers are also going to start buying more imported oil, drawing comparison to the ripple effects of the 2008 melamine scandal.when melamine, a chemical used in plastic, was added to milk which poisoned 300,000 children and caused the deaths of six children.
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