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<h3>''dìgōu yóu'' 地沟油</h3>

[[File:oil.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''"Refining" ditch oil. (Source: [http://news178.com news178.com])'']] Cooking oil "refined" from leftover food; also known in English as "gutter oil." Leftovers from home cooking and restaurants are usually fed to pigs, but some unscrupulous people will gather the slop and "recycle" it by selling it as low-cost cooking oil. Refining ditch oil is illegal and unhealthy; [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/the-shandong-gutter-oilman/ it can be carcinogenic and contain hazardous chemicals].

Investigations starting from 2008 have shown that ditch oil is still widely used. In 2011, authorities revealed that [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2011/09/china-arrests-32-over-cooking-oil-scam/ up to one tenth of cooking oil used in China might actually be ditch oil]. In June 2015, China Times reported that [http://finance.sina.com.cn/chanjing/cyxw/20150606/005222362516.shtml regulations of the collection and refining of cooking oil in Beijing have backfired] by encouraging the formation of oil collection monopolies which skirt health and safety requirements.

Ditch oil is symbolic of China's ongoing [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/food-safety/ food safety issues]. A 2012 study by the Pew Research Center found that [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/10/study-shows-shifting-anxieties-in-china/ 41% of Chinese considered food safety a very big problem for the country], up from just 12% in 2008.


'''Example:'''
<blockquote>''Yifushitang'' (@一夫食堂): Since using '''ditch oil''' also incurs costs, why not add a little less? It's not easy eating out. (May 25, 2015)</blockquote>

<blockquote>即使'''地沟油'''也要成本呀，能不能少放点儿，出门在外吃饭真是不容易。[[http://www.weibo.com/1780481403/Cjum1cHLG?type=comment#_rnd1432792135540 '''Chinese''']]</blockquote>

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