Karnataka is developing a new app to keep tabs on how food businesses use and dispose of cooking oil.
The goal? To stop old, used oil from sneaking back into your food and to boost overall food safety.
Health Minister U.T. Khader says the app will follow cooking oil from the moment it's bought until it's properly handed off or disposed of.
Restaurants and collectors must log oil
Launching first in cities like Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, and Hubballi (in about three months), the app requires restaurants to log every purchase and disposal of their cooking oil.
Collectors who pick up used oil also have to record where it goes, ideally toward safer uses like making biodiesel instead of being resold illegally.
This move aims to crack down on shady resale practices by some agencies authorized to collect used cooking oil for industrial purposes and keep recycled oil out of your meals.