More Food Products Recalled for Containing Banned Dye
Posted on 2024-02-26 08:05:14
In news from and about Taiwan this morning,
The Miaoli County Public Health Bureau says it has recalled and pulled more food products and store shelves islandwide for containing a banned industrial dye.
The latest products include carrot cookies and white pepper biscuits.
According to the bureau, it has asked Miaoli-based Hsin Hao Foods to recall 4,302 boxes of carrot cookies and 192 boxes of white pepper biscuits found to contain Sudan III.
Health bureau officials say the origin of the chemical has been identified as coming from a Chinese chili powder supplier that shipped the product to a New Taipei raw material dealer.
Sudan III is a carcinogenic dye not allowed to be used for food processing in Taiwan.
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