17 MAY - 23 MAY 2012
China orders recall over industrial-pupose oil contamination suspicions
23 May 2012 - Food safety authorities in China’s Yunnan province have ordered an edible oil company to recall all its products over concerns they contain fatty oils produced for industry.
The Yunnan Fengrui Oil and Fat Co is suspected of producing three types of cooking oil with animal fat - a product manufactured for industrial purposes only.
According to reports from the country, the Yunnan Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision has ordered the recall of more than 130 tonnes of the firm’s oil products.