Netizens demand harsher punishment for the mastermind of an $8 million “gutter oil” scheme after string of food-safety …
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China Cracks Down on “Gutter Oil,” a Substance Even Worse Than its Name
Among the list of food safety scandals that have plagued China in recent years—toxic infant formula, pesticide-tainted vegetables, exploding watermelons, “lean meat powder” and pork reconstituted as beef—few are quite as stomach churning as the nauseatingly-named “gutter oil.” It involves, as the name implies, the resale of used …