Cooking Oil Waste in the Food Industry
Jelantah, used cooking oil or waste cooking oil, is traded among home-based businesses in the cottage food industry as raw material with minimal supervision in the business ecosystem.
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A worker processes cow leather as a material for crackers at Jalan Mampang Prapatan Raya, South Jakarta, Sunday (3/1/2020). The process is carried out using waste cooking (jelantah).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Jelantah, used cooking oil or waste cooking oil, is traded among home-based businesses in the cottage food industry as raw material with minimal supervision in the business ecosystem. The condition poses a risk to consumer health.
A Kompas investigation from 18 Feb. to 13 March 2020 uncovered the practice of trading in waste cooking oil at a number of home-based businesses in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok and Tangerang, which have been engaging in the practice for years. The businesses sell their products for daily consumption.