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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

App that tracked fuel tankers in China used to transport cooking oil is disabled

A person shops for cooking oil in Beijing.
The tankers did not have proper cleaning in between moving fuel and cooking oil in China. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

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”.

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