The consequence though is putting the public s health at great risk.
Gutter oil snopes.
The short documentary details the illegal production and sale of so called gutter oil a cooking oil made from restaurant sewer refuse and rotten animal fat that is refined and then sold mostly.
In the market gutter oil is being sold for merely 940 a ton compared with commercial grade oil which sells 1 500 that s savings around 560.
A photograph shows piles of currency throw in a gutter in venezuela money made worthless due to socialism.
China s food safety problems have no better symbol than the illegal and utterly disgusting problem of gutter oil.
There are also reports that long term consumption of the oil can lead to stomach and liver cancer.
Gutter oil is an acceptable raw ingredient for products that are not for human consumption such as soap rubber bio fuel and cosmetics.
Including plunging oil prices.
Most of china s gutter oil winds up in cheap restaurants and among street food vendors.
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