New York Times (September 19)
2014/ 09/ 20 by jd in Global News
“Taiwan obviously needs a stronger food-safety policy with meaningful penalties.” The latest in a series of food scandals involves the sale of nearly 650 tons of adulterated “gutter oil,” which was produced from unsuitable sources, such as restaurant waste, and sold as cooking oil. “The Taiwanese authorities need to be doing more than reacting to food-safety problems on an ad hoc basis to ensure that what people eat is safe.”
Tags: Adulterated, Authorities, Cooking oil, Food safety, Gutter oil, Penalties, Restaurant waste, Scandals, Taiwan