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03-05-2005, 06:00 PM
BEIJING (AFP) - China said that a cancer-causing agent at the center of a European health scare has been found in edible products made by a subsidiary of the American multinational food giant Heinz Company.
The red dye Sudan I has been found in a pepper sauce made by the Heinz Meiweiyuan Food Co. based in Guangzhou, capital of southern China's Guangdong province, Xinhua news agency said.
Following the discovery, the State Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine ordered the company to immediately recall all of its products and ban its sale.
Local inspectors were also dispatched to check restaurants and cafeterias to ensure that Meiweiyuan pepper sauce products were not being used, it said.
The dye was found by the Food Standards Agency of Britain on February 18 in a batch of chili powder made by Premier Foods, one of the largest food and beverage companies in the United Kingdom.
The agency also found the dye in products of companies such as Schweppes, Coca Cola and Unilever, Xinhua said.
Sudan-I is traditionally used for coloring solvents, oils, waxes, petrol and shoe and floor polishes.
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The red dye Sudan I has been found in a pepper sauce made by the Heinz Meiweiyuan Food Co. based in Guangzhou, capital of southern China's Guangdong province, Xinhua news agency said.
Following the discovery, the State Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine ordered the company to immediately recall all of its products and ban its sale.
Local inspectors were also dispatched to check restaurants and cafeterias to ensure that Meiweiyuan pepper sauce products were not being used, it said.
The dye was found by the Food Standards Agency of Britain on February 18 in a batch of chili powder made by Premier Foods, one of the largest food and beverage companies in the United Kingdom.
The agency also found the dye in products of companies such as Schweppes, Coca Cola and Unilever, Xinhua said.
Sudan-I is traditionally used for coloring solvents, oils, waxes, petrol and shoe and floor polishes.
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