These Food Exports are Off-Limits in the US

Lax food safety regulations in China’s oil industry have allowed disturbing practices to flourish, driven largely by corporate greed. Some manufacturers repurpose used cooking oil—often collected from sewers—and reprocess it for resale.

Others use decayed animal remains to create oil filtered and packaged as new. These products may look clean, but they come from shockingly unsanitary sources. Despite how unsettling it sounds, this practice is disturbingly common.