Hong Kong tests for tainted Taiwan cooking oil

Sweet buns and dumplings were pulled from the shelves in Hong Kong as authorities checked Monday whether they contained the recycled Taiwanese cooking oil that has sparked a growing regional food safety scare. An investigation was launched after the oil from a Taiwanese company accused of using illegally recycled products - including fat collected from cookers, fryers and grease traps - was exported to the southern Chinese city.
However of 46 samples taken for tests, no tainted ingredients had been detected, a statement published on the Hong Kong government website late Monday said. Taiwanese authorities say a factory in the south of the island illegally used 243 tonnes of tainted products, often referred to as "gutter oil", to mix with lard oil in a case that has reignited regional concerns about food safety.