DYE CONCERN
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU food contamination rapid alert system RASFF has revealed cases where carcinogenic dyes Sudan 1 and Sudan 4 have been discovered in food. Affected minced meat, spice-salt, chilli sauce and pepper, palm oil, pepper sauce, cayenne and red peppers have been removed from sale in Britain, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
EU food contamination rapid alert system RASFF has revealed cases where carcinogenic dyes Sudan 1 and Sudan 4 have been discovered in food. Affected minced meat, spice-salt, chilli sauce and pepper, palm oil, pepper sauce, cayenne and red peppers have been removed from sale in Britain, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
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