The Nantou Public Health Bureau says it's identified 55 food items that
contain banned Sudan dyes.

It says it was alerted by Kaohsiung officials that nearly 9 thousand
kilograms of contaminated chili powder were shipped from Gin Zhan
International in Kaohsiung to Nantou's Golden Howard Foods.

Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) says Gin Zhan had imported seven
shipments of chili powder containing Sudan dyes from China since the tainted
chili powder incident came to light.

Health officials inspected the Nantou factory, and found just 13 kilograms of
the tainted chili powder left in stock.

It said the rest had already used to produce 55 food items that were sent to
various channels.

Inspectors said Golden Howard also received orders for the production of bulk
quantities of barbecue sauce that was distributed to restaurants and other
sales channels.

The Bureau asked Golden Howard to notify the 139 food companies that used its
products to recall the contaminated items, and report the daily number
recalled.