Instant noodles recalled in Taiwan scare
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TAIWAN authorities yesterday ordered a leading food company to recall two flavors of instant noodles over fears they contain a banned dye.
Health officials said sauce packages in two flavors of instant noodles produced by Wei Lih Food Industrial Co might be contaminated with dimethyl yellow, which is banned from food products.
Wei Lih said in a statement that its tests found no traces of the banned dye in the suspected products, but they were recalling them as a precaution and apologized to the consumers for causing any unease.
As of yesterday, more than 10 tons of dozens of brands of dried tofu snacks and other tofu products have been pulled from shelves for containing ingredients supplied by Chien Hsin company, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Chien Hsin is under investigation for selling soybean emulsifiers that were adulterated with the industrial dye, which is linked to causing cancer in animals, to at least 44 manufacturers.
The administration has told any manufacturer that used ingredients from Chien Hsin to recall their products by tomorrow or risk a fine of up to NT$200 million (US$6.3 million).
Taiwan is reeling from a string of food safety scandals this year which have triggered public outrage.
Hundreds of tons of products made with “gutter oil” were recalled in a food safety scandal that surfaced in September and brought down the island’s health minister.
That was followed by a mass recall a month later when Taiwan’s Ting Hsin group was accused of selling oil intended for animal food.
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