App reportedly received a surge in queries this week after newspaper exposed food safety scandal
An app that allows users to track trucks across China has been disabled after a scandal in which reporters discovered that tankers used to transport fuel were also being used to transport cooking oil, without proper cleaning in between.
On Thursday, Chinese media reported that the tracking function on Shipping Help, an app used to track cargos, had been disabled. The app displayed a message saying the service was being “upgraded” and was therefore “temporarily unavailable”.
Previously, Shipping Help’s tracking function could be used by normal people and businesses to inquire about the location of specific trucks, using satellite monitors.
The app reportedly received a surge in queries this week after reports emerged about long-distance tankers used for transporting fuel being loaded up with edible oil for their return journeys, without the tankers being disinfected in between loads. The reports led to fears that oil that may be contaminated with toxic chemicals is finding its way into people’s food.
A health and safety scandal in China?!
I am shocked. SHOCKED!
Problem solved. No more fuel trucks transporting cooking oil discovered.
Tried searching “fuel+truck+cooking+oil” on baidu and it gave me info on Tiananmen Square, so I’m lost.
It’s called Energy Oil. It has want plants need and fuels you for the day.
Where’s lemmy.ml, telling us all that China is actually the peak of liberty?
Thanks for bolding the most relevant text. The Guardian’s headline is confusing until you get to that part.
Where are the tankies with their chad china „memes”?
My benign Reddit hug of death
China’s malicious censorship of data
lol lmao even
Example #253 of why the Chinese capitalist system sucks.
