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- Don’t use oil more than once, warns poison centre
- Too costly to turn cooking oil into biodiesel, says middleman
- Set standards for testing of cooking oil quality, govt urged
| Don’t use oil more than once, warns poison centre Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:33 PM PST Tuesday December 13, 2011PETALING JAYA: Repeatedly used cooking oil can cause hypertension, affect the liver and may in the long run lead to cancer, the National Poison Centre has warned. Centre consultant Dr T. Jayabalan said cooking oil should not be used even twice. "When used repeatedly, the concentration of hydrocarbons in the oil increases and these can clog and stiffen arteries, causing hypertension and also affect the liver," he said in a phone interview. "Many people do not discard the oil after using it once. They put it in a container to be used again before they finally dispose of it," Dr Jayabalan said. "No level of contamination should be allowed. There is no basis for a permissible level of recyling for oil meant for human consumption." *Full story in The Star today Related Stories: |
| Too costly to turn cooking oil into biodiesel, says middleman Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:33 PM PST Tuesday December 13, 2011PETALING JAYA: Most of the used cooking oil collected from kitchens are no longer recycled for biodiesel because of the high cost involved, according to a middleman. The middleman, who only wanted to be known as Lee, said the oil he collected from hotels and restaurants here was used in animal feed. "It is too expensive to recycle oil into biodiesel. "It does not make economic sense," he said, adding that he usually collected the used oil upon receiving orders from his "clients" via phone calls. When asked if he knew of people who recycle the used oil for human consumption, he declined to comment. "I do not do it, but others may be doing it," he said. *Full story in The Star today Related Stories: |
| Set standards for testing of cooking oil quality, govt urged Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:32 PM PST Tuesday December 13, 2011PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry must set standards for the testing of cooking oil sold in the market. "At the moment, we do not have a standard testing method for total polar compounds (TPC)," said Malaysian Association of Standards Users CEO Ratna Devi Nadarajan. She said it was important to include a requirement for TPC in the country's regulations as it was an important indicator of the oil quality. She said there were not many countries around the world that had national regulations controlling the level of polar compounds in frying oils. "Even if we do not buy the cheap oil, we still consume it when we eat out at restaurants and hotels," she said. Ratna Devi added that many Malaysians preferred to buy the packet oils because it was cheaper than the others sold in the market. *Full story in The Star today Related Stories: |
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