Scenes of "gutter oil" manufacturing and its being used in a restaurant was recorded and posted on YouTube.



By Ko Dong-hwan

A shocking video showing the complete process of making "gutter oil" has been posted on YouTube, the Washington Post reported recently.

The video, shot in Shenzhen, China, first shows two people taking basketfuls from a sewage disposal tank on the street with a long-handled pail.

After filling a big blue pot with scooped sewages, they load it up in a van and take it to a factory where a man concocts the gutter oil using the delivered sewage by boiling and stirring it.

The final products are then transferred to blue drum cans and sealed. Next scene shows a kitchen where a chef is cooking a stew using the gutter oil.

The video was shot by Radio Free Asia and posted on YouTube on Wednesday.

According to the Washington Post, the government of China already banned the oil but with its cheap cost in manufacturing and high profitability, little can be done to stop it from being used by so many needy restaurant owners.

The government previously initiated major crackdowns in April and confiscated 3,200 tons of gutter oil from manufacturers. Sales of the oil were confirmed to have earned them about $1.6 million.