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China to track kitchen wastes
Wednesday December 14, 2011 08:19:36 AM,
IANS
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Beijing: Chinese
authorities plan to track kitchen waste from restaurants to stop
the illegal supply of gutter oil -- old cooking oil collected from
the gutters.
Gutter oil has caused a major food safety concern in China in
recent years.
A draft national standard for the catering industry has proposed a
tracking mechanism for all kitchen waste, Xinhua reported.
The document, published on the health ministry's website Tuesday
to seek public comments, stipulates that catering service
providers should set up a comprehensive kitchen waste management
system.
It requests such providers to sign contracts with dealers in
kitchen waste who will be required to obtain authorization
certificates from the government.
A detailed record of each waste disposal should be kept,
specifying its type, volume, receiver and expected use, the draft
reads.
Such records are also required to be reported to the administering
authorities on a regular basis. The reprocessed cooking oil will
only be allowed for use as fuel or animal feed.
The police have launched a crackdown on the illegal use of gutter
oil. However, the food safety authorities are still trying to find
a reliable method to differentiate edible oil and reprocessed
gutter oil.
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