The Food Safety Office of the State Council announced the investigation and handling of the "chaos problem of edible vegetable oil transported by tankers" reported by the media

On August 25, the joint investigation team found that the mixed transportation of edible vegetable oil by tankers was extremely bad in nature, violated basic common sense, and trampled on the bottom line of morality and the red line of the law. It was a typical illegal act and must be severely cracked down. The joint investigation team found that < b > the transportation enterprise was responsible for management and was subject to administrative penalties in accordance with the Food Safety Law and the Road Transport Regulations; the owner was primarily responsible, and those suspected of committing a crime were transferred to the public security organ according to law; the driver was directly responsible and should be punished as a criminal offense, and investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law; the purchasing enterprise, as the entrusted transportation party, was responsible and should be subject to administrative penalties in accordance with the Food Safety Law; the production enterprise agreed through the sales contract that all the responsibilities for transportation and delivery should be borne by the buyer, and administrative penalties should be imposed for violating the provisions of the Food Safety Law that food producers and operators should ensure food safety and be responsible to the society and the public.