A total of sixteen people have gone on trial in China accused of a $10 million scam which saw waste from animal parts used to make cooking oil.
It's been reported in local papers that suspects allegedly used waste oil from the fat of chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and foxes, as well as fox fur, chicken feathers, and "leftover pieces of offal and poultry".
It is the latest case to highlight poor food safety standards in China, a growing source of anger for many.
The China Daily said it was the biggest case since the country streamlined its laws to target such practices in May.
Food safety experts say the oil could destroy the digestive tract. The oil was sold to more than 100 food enterprises in five provinces and municipalities for about 60 million yuan ($9.8million).
Health authorities in China last year launched a crackdown on "gutter oil", which normally refers to cooking oil illegally made by reprocessing waste oil or by dredging up leftovers from restaurants and marketing it as new.
More than 100 people were arrested and 20 imprisoned, two of them for life, as part of the campaign.
Poor food safety standards are a major concern in China, particularly among the less affluent who cannot buy imported products.READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/46172.html
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