MAJOR DEFICIENCIES: All three reported batches of CUOC’s oil products had excessive benzopyrene, indicating a wider issue with the company’s quality control, the FDA said By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday ordered the preventive removal of three batches of oil products produced by Central Union Oil Corp (CUOC). The agency said it received CUOC’s first report on June 30, stating that a batch of soy cooking oil produced on April 4 — batch No. 315-1150404 — had been found to contain benzopyrene levels exceeding the maximum allowable limit of 2 parts per billion (mcg/kg) for human food-grade oils and fats. Benzopyrene has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, meaning that there is scientific evid