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Gutter oil scandal spreads to HK
    2014-09-09  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    PINEAPPLE buns and dumplings have been pulled from the shelves in Hong Kong as authorities investigate whether they contain gutter oil from Taiwan, where concerns are growing over a food safety scare, officials said yesterday.

    More big chains have been drawn into the scandal in Hong Kong, as it emerged Monday that cakes made with “gutter oil” had been sold by 7-Eleven, Starbucks and Café Express among others.

    Four importers in Hong Kong have been found to have bought oil from Chang Guann. The Hong Kong importers are Dah Chong Hong, Synergy Foods, Angliss Hong Kong Food Service and Urban Food.

    Philip Ho, an officer from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, told RTHK radio yesterday that dozens of food samples had been taken with results expected in the next few days.

    “The investigation is ongoing. After we spotted the problem, we have been trying to contact food operators such as importers and bakeries,” Ho said.

    A spokeswoman for the Center for Food Safety said that labs were also conducting tests on mooncakes from retailers across the city.

    Moon cakes are popular dense pastries consumed in vast numbers during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional harvest festival that is currently being celebrated across China.

    Popular bakery chain Maxim’s Cakes removed pineapple buns from their shelves over the weekend after confirming they had used oil from Chang Guann, the Taiwanese oil manufacturer at the heart of the scandal.

    The chain said there was no evidence that the lard oil used to make the buns contained tainted products, but it was removing them anyway “to be ultra-cautious on food safety.” It has since switched to a Dutch supplier.

    Dumpling eatery chain Bafang Yunji also pulled its curry dumplings, local broadcaster RTHK reported yesterday, while supermarket Wellcome removed two products, a BBQ sauce and a noodle dish, from its shelves.

    The Center for Food Safety said it was liaising with Taiwanese authorities, adding that it was prioritizing checks on “cooking oil, bakeries, dim sum manufacturers and snacks shops selling Taiwanese-style food.”

    In Macao, the city’s Food Safety Center said 21 bakeries and food manufacturers had bought oil from Chang Guann through a local importer.

    Chang Guann has apologized for the scandal but said it was unaware the oils were recycled.

    The scandal is the second food safety scare to hit Hong Kong this summer.

    In July, McDonald’s suspended sales of chicken nuggets and several other items after admitting it imported food from a U.S.-owned firm in China at the center of an expired meat scandal.

    (SD-Agencies)

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