PETALING JAYA: The oil in the food you eat may well have been recycled and meant for diesel engines or some other industrial use.
Unscrupulous manufacturers buy repeatedly used cooking oil from restaurants and process it for sale in 1kg packets.
As it is cheap, it is popular not just among the public. Many food outlets buy the used oil in new packaging while livestock farmers use it for animal feed.
Thus, the meat they sell, cooked with the oil, is doubly hazardous to your health.
Tests on 19 brands sold at grocery stores and supermarkets nationwide showed the oil to be unsafe for human consumption, according to the Malaysian Association of Standards Users.
*Full story in The Star today
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