根据台湾当地媒体的报道，此次地沟油事件波及的厂商遍及台湾全岛，诸如盛香珍、味王、好帝一、陆仕、欣冠、奇美、味全、祥有味、品高、忆霖、犁记等众多知名企业、百年老店赫然在列。此外，问题油还流向许多小吃店、路边摊等。台湾媒体甚至以“全岛沦陷”来形容此次地沟油事件的恶劣影响。
国家质检总局此前发公告表示“全统香猪油”没有出口至大陆，国台办也发布声明表示，经过核查，大陆没有进口台湾“全统香猪油”，但是包括味全在内的下游企业产品可能进入大陆市场。据了解，日前上海、厦门等地质检部门已经发现并下架大量问题产品。
地沟油实际上是一个泛指的概念，是人们在生活中对于各类劣质油的通称。有的地沟油来自下水道中的油腻漂浮物，有的则是劣质猪肉、猪内脏、猪皮加工以及提炼后产出的。
事件曝光后，地沟油生产商、台湾强冠公司董事长叶文祥在记者会上两度下跪道歉，称愿用名下3亿新台币资产进行赔偿。为证自家清白，叶文祥还当众喝下一杯“全统烤酥油”。不过，其并未得到大家的谅解。
要想彻底铲除危害人民群众生命健康的这一“毒瘤”，那么打击地沟油的犯罪行动，就应该常抓不懈，并制定相应的规章制度，从源头上加强餐厨废弃物管理。（中国进出口网）
In recent days, many illegal cooking oil incidents happened in Taiwan. Taiwanese police said they found underground factories producing poor quality oil in Pingtung and Kaohsiung, these factories illegally collected food recycling oil at a price of NTD12 to 20 per kilogram (about ¥2.5 to ¥4.1). They produced poor quality edible oil by mixing up "waste oil" with the tannery waste sebum oil. These illegal oil is acquired in a large number by well-known oil company Qiang’guan in Taiwan, and used for the production of edible oil "scented lard".
Taiwan's local media reports, the incident spreads manufacturers all over the island of Taiwan, such as Sheng Xiangzhen, Ve Wong, Haoyidi, Lu Shi, Xin Guan, Chi Mei, Wei Chuan, Cheung flavored, Pingao, Yi Lin, Liji and many other well-known enterprises, even the century-old brand shop. In addition, the illegal oil also flows to many eateries, street vendors and so on. Taiwan’s media even use "occupied the island" to describe the adverse impact of the waste oil events.
AQSIQ has announced that "scented lard" wasn’t exported to mainland China, Taiwan Affairs Office also issued a statement that after verification, the mainland didn’t import "scented lard" from Taiwan but downstream business products including Wei Chuan’s may enter the mainland market. It is said that a few days ago quality inspection departments in Shanghai, Xiamen, ect. found a lot of illegal products and made them off the shelf.
Waste oil, in a broad sense, refers all kinds of low-grade oil in people’s life. Some waste oil is from the sewer greasy floating debris, while others are processed and refined from inferior pork, pig offal and the pigskin.
After the scandal, Ye Wenxiang, waste oil producer and chairman of Taiwan's Qiang’guan knelled twice in the press conference to apologize and said that he would like to compensate gratified by his assets worth NTD300 million. As evidence of their own innocence, Ye Wenxiang also publicly drank a cup of "scented baked butter". However, it did not get everyone's understanding.
In order to completely eradicate the "cancer" harm to people's lives and health, combat against waste oil criminal should not remitted, appropriate rules and regulations should be made and kitchen waste management should be strengthened from the source.
