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Tainted hotpot seasonings prompt new rule on additives
By Wang Qingchu |
April 29, 2011, Friday
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A cancer-causing dye which is banned as food coloring has been found in hotpot seasonings in Chongqing, southwest China. The latest scandal prompted food safety authorities to order all restaurants to publish additives in their homemade sauces.
Chemical compound Rhodamine B was firstly detected in hotpot seasonings in a quality check on March 25. Chongqing police traced the source of the toxic substance and discovered 880 kilograms of peppers mixed with Rhodamine B in a raid, Chongqing Evening News reported today.
The sellers admitted they hid another 4,920 kilogram of contaminated peppers in a warehouse.
All their hotpot seasonings and peppers have been confiscated by police and their makers have been detained, the report said.
The State Food and Drug Administration issued an urgent circular yesterday following the scandal, requiring all restaurants to report additives used in their homemade sauces to food safety inspectors by the end of May. Information should also be made public.
Pepper is a key ingredient in the seasonings for hotpot, a famous and popular delicacy in Chongqing.
Chemical compound Rhodamine B was firstly detected in hotpot seasonings in a quality check on March 25. Chongqing police traced the source of the toxic substance and discovered 880 kilograms of peppers mixed with Rhodamine B in a raid, Chongqing Evening News reported today.
The sellers admitted they hid another 4,920 kilogram of contaminated peppers in a warehouse.
All their hotpot seasonings and peppers have been confiscated by police and their makers have been detained, the report said.
The State Food and Drug Administration issued an urgent circular yesterday following the scandal, requiring all restaurants to report additives used in their homemade sauces to food safety inspectors by the end of May. Information should also be made public.
Pepper is a key ingredient in the seasonings for hotpot, a famous and popular delicacy in Chongqing.
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