The Chinese government will investigate these claims.
Social media users’ food poisoning concerns have spread the topic.
One driver told the newspaper that transferring cooking oil in tainted fuel trucks was a “open secret” in the sector.
This scandal further eroded public trust in the Chinese government’s food safety record.
Chinese social media has been dominated by the controversy for days.
Tens of thousands of controversy-related tweets have garnered millions of views on Weibo, China’s Twitter.
A comment with almost 8,000 likes said food safety is the biggest issue.
Another commenter said just living is amazing.
Many drew the parallel to the 2008 Sanlu milk crisis, in which 300,000 children became ill and six died after drinking melamine-laced powdered milk.
“This is far more serious than the Sanlu scandal; a simple statement will not resolve it,” a user said.
The US politician says Chinese garlic threatens national security.
Chinese tankers can also carry food after oil and coal.
Hopefull Grain and Oil Group and a Sinograin subsidiary are among the Chinese companies sued.
Sinograin said they’re investigating food safety violations.
The company also promises to promptly deactivate trucks that violate regulations.
Hopefull Grain was doing a “thorough self-inspection,” a spokeswoman told Global Times.
The Chinese government said food safety inspectors will investigate the claims.
They promise to punish corrupt companies and individuals.
They also promise to publish the investigation’s findings quickly.
The provincial administrations of Hebei and Tianjin are also investigating.
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