FDA denies rumor of an oil ‘cover-up’

PROTOCOL: The KMT questioned why Taisugar did not report the tainted oil to authorities, but under the food safety act, CUOC is responsible for reporting it, the state-run firm said By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday said it first received a report on June 30 that cooking oil contained the carcinogen benzopyrene at a level exceeding the legal limit, denying a rumor that the agency had received a report in May. The rumor that the FDA had received a report in May about quality problems with cooking oil produced by Central Union Oil Corp (CUOC, 中聯油脂) was untrue, and people should stop spreading misinformation, the agency said. FDA Deputy Director-General Wang Te-yuan (王德原) said the agency first learned of the contaminatio