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Cedric Sam

Patrick Boehler



Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department continues to update a list of bakeries, restaurants, retailers and distributors in Hong Kong suspected to have traded or used lard products supplied by Chang Guann, the firm at the centre of the "gutter oil" scandal.
The Taiwanese company blended some of its lard with "gutter oil" - made from recycled food waste - and sold it as cooking oil. 
About 70 per cent of the lard that bakeries used in Hong Kong came from Taiwan, according to an estimate by Simon Wong Ka-wo, chairman of the Chamber of Food and Beverage Industry. Chang Guann’s oil customers ranged from five-star hotels to traditional bakeries and Japanese noodle restaurants.
Hong Kong has since banned the sale of all products made with the firm’s oil.
READ MORE: Hong Kong bans Taiwan firm's 'gutter oil' products; 300 businesses involved
The South China Morning Post has mapped the locations of Chang Guann's suspected customers in Hong Kong based on information provided by the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety.
At the time of publication, companies on the list may have removed the tainted goods and may have stopped using the oil. Some of them contest the accuracy of the list, saying they have never bought oil from Chang Guann.
Some companies on the list have questioned its accuracy.
Click here to view the full-size map
 
Notes: Many of the reported clients could only be identified by their Chinese names. Some locations could not be identified and some were only approximate. In case of ambiguities, readers should consult the original Food and Environmental Hygiene Department list.
Data curated by the Post is available for download here, including entries deleted from the original list.


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Cans containing cooking oil are stacked in a food retailer's shop in Taipei. Photo: EPA

Oil drums seen in Po Yuen Lard Company in Yuen Long. Photo: David Wong

Some traders, eateries on 'gutter oil' list of shame protest their innocence

Kee Chui Cake Shop: its owner was told it was never supplied with Chang Guann oil. Photo: Sam Tsang

Oil drums seen in Yuen Long's Po Yuen Lard Company, which supplied tainted oil to Taiwanese manufacturer Chang Guann. Photo: David Wong

Tommy Tang, of Hung Fat Bakery, in Canton Road, Mong Kok,
displays a tray of freshly baked buns yesterday. On Sunday
night his business was named on the government’s list of
companies suspected of being caught up in the Taiwan “gutter
oil” scandal, but Tang says he switched to Dutch cooking oil
when supplier Chang Guann’s scam was initially exposed. Lard
from Taiwan costs HK$190 a barrel, compared with HK$300
from the Netherlands. Photo: Sam Tsang

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Oil drums is seen in Po Yuen Lard Company, the supplier of 'gutter oil' to Taiwan's Chang Guann, in Yuen Long. Photo: David Wong

Hyatt Regency Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui is among the list of restaurants and bakeries involved.

Hyatt Regency Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui is among the list of restaurants and bakeries involved. Photo: Antony Dickson

Bottoms up! Boss of 'gutter oil' firm drinks cup of cooking oil to prove it is safe

Yeh Wen-hsiang downs a cup of his company's cooking oil. Photo: CNA

A tearful Yeh Wen-hsiang on Thursday kneeled on the floor and bowed deeply. Photo: ETTV

Yeh Wen-hsiang gets down on his knees in apology. Photo: CNA

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Updated with new list of names released by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on Thursday night


Find the businesses that may have distributed or used lard products manufactured by Chang Guann, the Taiwanese firm at the centre of the "gutter oil" scandal.
