32 held in crackdown on nation's swill oil scandal
POLICE have detained 32 people for allegedly making and selling cooking oil originally dredged from gutters,Cheap Flower Girl Dresses China's Ministry of Public Security announced yesterday.
A network covering the production,Ed Hardy wholesale distribution and sale of swill oil - old cooking oil scooped out of restaurant drains and processed into edible oil - had been operating in 14 provinces including Zhejiang, Shandong and Henan, the ministry said on its website.
Six underground factories, including one that claimed to be turning kitchen oil into fuel, were closed and more than 100 tons of swill oil confiscated, police said.
Recycled oil can contain carcinogens and traces of aflatoxin, a potentially deadly mold.
"Not only did we destroy a criminal chain that was illegally turning gutter oil into food oil, we also unveiled the greed of the criminals and pulled back the curtain on the immoral acts of those producing this poisonous and harmful food oil,Sports jerseys wholesale" the ministry's statement said.
It didn't specify what charges the 32 people in detention would face.
A crackdown campaign began four months ago when police found a factory in Zhejiang Province processing cooking oil and swill collected from restaurants, and then tracked down a company in east China's Shandong Province which was buying the oil at between 5,000 yuan (US$781) and 6,cheap Giants Jerseys000 yuan a ton.
The Jinan Gelin Biology Company, police said, would resell the oil to wholesale markets and charge 2,000 to 3,000 yuan more after further processing or refining.
POLICE have detained 32 people for allegedly making and selling cooking oil originally dredged from gutters,Cheap Flower Girl Dresses China's Ministry of Public Security announced yesterday.
A network covering the production,Ed Hardy wholesale distribution and sale of swill oil - old cooking oil scooped out of restaurant drains and processed into edible oil - had been operating in 14 provinces including Zhejiang, Shandong and Henan, the ministry said on its website.
Six underground factories, including one that claimed to be turning kitchen oil into fuel, were closed and more than 100 tons of swill oil confiscated, police said.
Recycled oil can contain carcinogens and traces of aflatoxin, a potentially deadly mold.
"Not only did we destroy a criminal chain that was illegally turning gutter oil into food oil, we also unveiled the greed of the criminals and pulled back the curtain on the immoral acts of those producing this poisonous and harmful food oil,Sports jerseys wholesale" the ministry's statement said.
It didn't specify what charges the 32 people in detention would face.
A crackdown campaign began four months ago when police found a factory in Zhejiang Province processing cooking oil and swill collected from restaurants, and then tracked down a company in east China's Shandong Province which was buying the oil at between 5,000 yuan (US$781) and 6,cheap Giants Jerseys000 yuan a ton.
The Jinan Gelin Biology Company, police said, would resell the oil to wholesale markets and charge 2,000 to 3,000 yuan more after further processing or refining.
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