Hong Kong, Taiwan ban 'gutter oil' firm's products
Hundreds of products likely to be affected; violators will face stiff fines
Hong Kong will prohibit the sale of all products made with lard or cooking oil supplied by Taiwanese company Chang Guann - accused of selling tainted edible oil.
The government will release a list soon of the affected products, which will be confiscated and destroyed.
The announcement came hours after Taiwan extended a ban on the tainted oil to all edible oils supplied by the company and all food made using its products.
Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration drafted an initial list of 249 products - including instant noodles, crackers, buns and dumplings - that can no longer be sold. Fourteen of these were sold in 12 other countries and territories, including mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Three people were arrested for fraud by Hong Kong police investigating the sale by trading company Globalway to the Taiwanese firm of lard oil - meant for use in animal feed or for industry - that was labelled fit for human consumption.
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Taiwanese authorities say Chang Guann blended some of this lard oil - produced from pork fat - with "gutter oil" recycled from food waste and leather processing and passed it off as regular cooking oil.