Strict action against truckers ensures safety of edible oil

A woman shopping for cooking oil at a supermarket in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, July 10, 2024. The State Council's Food Safety Office has given its conclusion regarding tankers transporting edible oil and chemicals alternatively without cleaning the tank in between, a practice that created quite a stir after a Beijing News report exposed it in early July. The joint probe team said the practice of mixing edible vegetable oil and chemicals in truck tankers was reprehensible, violates basic common sense, tramples on both moral and legal boundaries, and must be strictly punished. The team conducting the probe included members from seven departments, namely the State Council's Food Safety Office, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport, the National Health Commission, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration. The State Council Food Safety Office has vowed to collaborate with the several departments involved to launch crackdowns on similar illegal behaviors and make sure that edible oil is only transported in trucks meant for the purpose, after the tanks are cleaned, thus ensuring the safety of edible oil.