'No gutter oil' campaign gets thumbs up

KOUBEI, A LOCAL SERVICES PLATFORM affiliated to Alibaba Group, is giving "No Gutter Oil" labels to restaurants that promise not to use substandard cooking oil and recommending them before their unlabeled rivals. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Thursday:

Koubei's "no gutter oil" campaign, which was launched on Wednesday, offers a glimpse of the longevity of substandard cooking oil, known as "gutter oil". It also points to the fact that such cooking oil is still being produced, distributed, and consumed despite the tightened supervision and toughened penalties for wrongdoers.

It is thus understandable that a hot pot restaurant in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, which promises "absolutely no use of recycled cooking oil", should prove popular with local residents.