Chinese Street Vendors Use Gutter Oil - Business Insider

The use of gutter oil it turns out is pretty common. This refers to a process of pulling waste oil from sewers, grease traps, waste from ... Business Tech Finance Markets Strategy Retail Advertising Healthcare Intelligence Life Entertainment Culture Travel Food Health Parenting Beauty Style News Politics Military&Defense Sports Opinion Reviews Tech Streaming Home Kitchen Style Beauty Gifts Deals Pets Parenting Coupons Health Learning Hobbies&Crafts Travel All A-Z Advertising Business Careers Coupons DoorDash Walmart Dell Staples UnderArmour Culture Design Entertainment ExecutiveLifestyle Finance Food Health Healthcare Intelligence Latest Life MarketsInsider Media Military&Defense News Opinion People PersonalFinance Politics Premium Retail Reviews Science Sports Strategy Tech Transportation Travel TV BeautyExplorers BestinTown BonkersClosets FestivalFoodies MoviesInsider PopCultureDecoded TheMakingOf TheUltimateList Featured BetterCapitalism CitiesConnected InsiderTV MasterYourMoney NextStop SustainableFinance TransformingBusiness About About Advertise Careers ContactUs Corporate CorrectionsPolicy Follow RSS Sitemap Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn Subscriptions Intelligence Premium USMarketsLoading... H M S Inthenews Closeicon Twocrossedlinesthatforman'X'.Itindicatesawaytocloseaninteraction,ordismissanotification. Chevronicon Itindicatesanexpandablesectionormenu,orsometimesprevious/nextnavigationoptions. HOMEPAGE 0 Newsletters Accounticon Aniconintheshapeofaperson'sheadandshoulders.Itoftenindicatesauserprofile. Login Subscribe Subscribe Home Chevronicon Itindicatesanexpandablesectionormenu,orsometimesprevious/nextnavigationoptions. Finance ThisVideoOfChineseStreetFoodMadeFrom'GutterOil'IsTheMostDisgustingThingYouWillSeeAllDay MamtaBadkar 2013-10-29T16:45:00Z SaveArticleIcon Abookmark FacebookIcon TheletterF. Emailicon Anenvelope.Itindicatestheabilitytosendanemail. Shareicon Ancurvedarrowpointingright. Twittericon Astylizedbirdwithanopenmouth,tweeting. Twitter LinkedInicon Theword"in". LinkedIn Fliboardicon AstylizedletterF. Flipboard Linkicon Animageofachainlink.Itsymobilizesawebsitelinkurl. CopyLink Downloadtheapp ThenexttimeyouconsidereatingChinesestreetfoodyoumightthinktwice.  Theuseofgutteroilitturnsoutisprettycommon.Thisreferstoaprocessofpullingwasteoilfromsewers,greasetraps,wastefromslaughterhouses,reprocessingitandthensellingitascookingoil.ThesescreenshotsfromaRadioFreeAsia(RFA)videoviaMaxFisheratTheWashingtonPostshowawomaninShenzhenpulling"slop"fromagutter. RFAVideoviaYouTube The"slop"thenendsupin"processing"plantswhereitisprocessedwithotheranimalfatthroughfiltrationorboiling. ScreenshotfromRFAVideoviaYouTube Theoileventuallymakeitswayto"streetvendorsandhole-in-the-wallrestaurants"thatuseitas"recycledcookingoil."Watchtheentirevideobelow:Gutteroilisreportedtoaccountforone-tenthofcookingoilinChina,accordingtoexpertscitedbyRFA.Besidesbeingdownrightdisgusting,theoilisalsosaidtocontaincarcinogensandothertoxins. Chinahasbeenfightingthepracticeforyears.EarlierthismonthamanfromChina'sJiangsuprovincewassentencedtolifeinprisonformakingandsellinggutteroil,Xinhuareported.Chinahaslongbattledfoodsafetyconcerns.Butinacountrywherecookingoilisatapremium,itwilllikelybeawhilebeforeofficialscaneffectivelycrackdownonthepractice. SignupfornotificationsfromInsider!Stayuptodatewithwhatyouwanttoknow. Subscribetopushnotifications Dealicon Aniconintheshapeofalightningbolt. Keepreading Newsletter Signupforourweekdaynewsletter,packedwithoriginalanalysis,news,andtrends—deliveredrighttoyourinbox. Loading Somethingisloading. Emailaddress Byclicking‘Signup’,youagreetoreceivemarketingemailsfromInsider aswellasotherpartneroffersandacceptour TermsofServiceand PrivacyPolicy. SEEALSO: Here'sWhyChinaAndIndiaAreTryingToEndALong-HeldDisputeOverABarrenStripOfLand More: China GutterOil Closeicon Twocrossedlinesthatforman'X'.Itindicatesawaytocloseaninteraction,ordismissanotification. RecommendedVideo