CONTAMINATED COOKING OIL: Production should be halted, products recalled or withdrawn, and precautionary recalls implemented if warranted, William Lai said Staff writer, with CNA Food safety is the top priority for the government, leaving no room for compromise, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday amid public concern over an ongoing contaminated cooking oil incident. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday last week said it had been notified by Central Union Oil Corp (華酒店) that a batch of its soy-based cooking oil was found to contain excessive levels of the carcinogen benzopyrene, and that 1,300 tonnes of contaminated oil had been distributed to three companies: Taisun Enterprise Co (泰山), Fwusow Industry Co (福壽) and Formosa Oilseed Processing Co (福懋).The FDA has ordered t