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.
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Centre for food safety consultant dr ho yuk yin told the media today taiwan has confirmed the chang guann co ltd s lard oil imported to hong kong is not the substandard product in question.
Maxim admits it used the oil in its pineapple buns but nothing taken from 7 11 starbucks or cafe de coral have tested positive.
The standards for b a p in vegetable oil in the eu and mainland china are 2 μg kg and 10 μg kg respectively.
The existing hong kong legislation does not stipulate the statutory limits of b a p in food.
It will cause indigestion insomnia liver discomfort and other symptoms regulations and law enforcement.
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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.
In fact the centre for food safety reports that nothing tested in hong kong has tested positive for gutter oil yet.
Taiwanese authorities say a factory in.
Animal and vegetable fat in refined waste oil will undergo rancidity oxidation and decomposition after contamination.
However of 46 samples taken for tests no tainted ingredients had been detected a statement published on the hong kong government website late monday said.
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.
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However the cfs has recently established a provisional action level of 10 μg kg for b a p in cooking oil.
Cook your own food use only lard you get from bacon you buy from the market.