• 11 July 2024

The Chinese government says it will investigate allegations that fuel tankers have been used to transport cooking oil after carrying toxic chemicals without being cleaned properly between loads.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cml2kr9wkdzo

Transporting cooking oil in contaminated fuel trucks was said to have been so widespread it was considered an “open secret” in the industry, according to one driver quoted by the newspaper.

We require strict regulation throughout the world for the food industry to protect us from this kind of potentially mass poisoning. Yet many corporates in the food industry lobby hard to deregulate so as to not “waste time and money” on compliance.

Many compared it to the 2008 Sanlu milk scandal, in which some 300,000 children became sick and at least six died after drinking powdered milk contaminated with high levels of the industrial chemical melamine.

The concern is taken very seriously by the Chinese government and trust must be regained.

The above happened in China, but throughout the global food industry there is always a tendency to loosen, not tighten, regulation.

But we must determine accurate information through scientific study and not make unfounded claims as in the allegation against Chinese produced garlic, see details here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67662779

It is up to all governments tighten up and carefully police all products sold to unwitting consumers to ensure trust in health and safety methods in the line of production, supply and delivery.

Here in the UK we are informed as to the constant monitoring of food safety:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/food-and-feed-law-legislation-update-june-2023

There are so many historic cases of food fraud and health dangers posed, it is easy to find them doing a simple search on the internet, for example:

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/exclusive-mass-food-fraud-and-safety-scandal-engulfs-sector

Stay alert!