近期鬧得沸沸揚揚的地溝油事件，你了解多少呢?
知道地溝油怎麼製作而成的嗎?
知道怎麼分辨地溝油和可食用的油嗎?
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一、How to produce gutter oil ? 地溝油怎麼來的?
step 1 Collect leftover from restaurants, waste from sewers, waste animal fat 蒐集餐廳廚餘、地溝廢物、廢棄動物油
step 2 Perform some simple filtering first 先簡單的過濾
step 4 labelled and packaged then being sold as cooking oil in a various brands 地溝油們被貼上品牌標籤及包裝，當成一般的食用油品牌販售
二、Damage of gutter oil 地溝油的危害
1. contains carcinogen that can lead to cancer of stomach, lung, kidney, breast, ovary and intestines 地溝油含有黃麴黴素、苯並芘等的致癌物，可能導致胃、肺、腎、胸、卵巢及腸道病變
2. gutter oil’s production process is unsanitary, easily be contaminated then generate harmful substances. Once eat it, will lead to diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, some gastrointestinal disorders. 地溝油的製作過程不衛生，容易受到污染而產生有害物質，一旦食用，會引致腹瀉、噁心、嘔吐等一系列胃腸疾病
3. There are large number of sewage and heavy metals which may cause severe abdominal pain, anemia, toxic liver disease and other symptoms地溝油中混有大量污水及重金屬等有害化學物，會引起劇烈腹絞痛、貧血、中毒性肝病等症狀
4. The most important is─lead society unrest 最重要的是，造成社會動盪不安!
三、How to discern gutter oil ? 如何辨別地溝油?
1. With a sour, charred and bitter taste, the oil is rancid. And may be gutter oil 帶酸味、焦苦味的油已發生酸敗，可能是地溝油
2. See transparency. Pure oil is transparent and turbidity may have impurities 看透明度，純淨的油呈透明狀；若是混濁的可能有雜質
3. Through the professional inspection agency’s analysis 透過專業檢驗機構的分析
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作者：Gisele Sung