date:Apr 17, 2013
Twenty people in China were given jail terms ranging from seven years to life for manufacturing and selling gutter oil in two provinces, a local court announced Tuesday.
Gutter oil refers to recycled oil made from kitchen waste dredged from gutters behind restaurants as well as inedible animal oil. The oil, which contains carcinogenic substances, is dangerous if consumed.
Liu Liguo from the eastern province of Shandong was handed a life sentence after being convicted of producing and selling h