The police discovered on the spot that the staff of the hot pot restaurant were cooking recycled cooking oil, commonly known as gutter oil. Since December 2018, this hot pot restaurant has sold 49,837 hot pot pot bottoms containing gutter oil, involving a total amount of more than 2.28 million yuan. The crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food means that producers and sellers violate national food hygiene management regulations and intentionally mix toxic and harmful non-food raw materials into the food they produce and sell, or sell knowingly mixed toxic and harmful non-food raw materials. food behavior.

Gutter oil extracted from kitchen waste and waste is not only of poor quality and unhygienic, can easily cause diarrhea and abdominal pain, and cause food poisoning, it can also damage the human body's white blood cells and digestive tract mucosa. , and it has the risk of causing cancer, which is extremely harmful and has a bad impact. The state has always taken a severe crackdown on illegal and criminal activities involving the production, processing and use of "gutter oil" and resolutely curbed them, and has continuously improved relevant laws, regulations and supporting measures.

This made netizens angry. This businessman is really wicked. This business does not consider whether there are any safety risks for customers, and only cares about making money for itself. Gutter oil is no longer edible waste oil. It contains not only a large amount of trans fatty acids, but also a large amount of benzopyrene, aldehydes and other heterocyclic compounds and other carcinogens. In addition, it also contains toxic heavy metals such as arsenic and lead. substance. Once excessive consumption of gutter oil occurs, there is a risk of cancer and poisoning in the long term, and the harm is very huge. In fact, it is a false proposition that gutter oil is delicious. Simply eating gutter oil will have a foul smell. The reason why we can't eat this stench is because the current seasonings and high-temperature cooking methods will suppress this stench!

Therefore, there is no shortcut to combat "gutter oil" , regulatory authorities at all levels in various places must attach great importance to it, be serious and responsible, and do not hesitate to conduct in-depth visits and investigations with the spirit and action of "turning through garbage", keep the bottom line of food and drug safety, and protect the safety of people's dining tables.