FDA investigating unsafe camellia seed oil

EIGHT COMPANIES: Following on the heels of cooking oil containing unsafe levels of benzopyrene, camellia seeds from China used for oil were found to be tainted By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday said it would send specialists and local health departments to visit camellia oil factories to help them improve manufacturing procedures next month, as the eighth camellia seed oil maker was found to have a product containing excessive levels of carcinogen benzopyrene on Friday.The Taipei Department of Health on Friday evening said it received a report from Taoyuan Department of Public Health saying that its random inspection found a batch of Mayouche Premium Cold-Pressed Camellia Oil (麻油車頂級冷壓苦茶油) by Uni-Procurement Co (統購實業)