It can be used to describe the practice of restaurants re using cooking oil that has already been fried before.
China street food gutter oil.
Besides being downright disgusting the oil is also said to contain carcinogens and other toxins.
China has been fighting the practice for years.
China s food safety problems have no better symbol than the illegal and utterly disgusting problem of gutter oil.
Food handling and hygiene practices are now under increased scrutiny including a renewed crackdown on the stomach churning practice during the chinese new year and spring festival period.
The chinese are cracking down on gutter oiling cooking with oils and animal fatbergs scooped from the sewer in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Gutter oil is a general term for oil that has been recycled.
Gutter oil is reported to account for one tenth of cooking oil in china according to experts cited by rfa.
Cooking oil is used heavily in chinese food so some street vendors and.