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Article: Cancer fear over food additive.(United Kingdom. Food Standards Agency's regulations for food additives)(Brief Article)
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
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- February 20, 2005
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Feb 20, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)
The UK Food Standards Authority has issued a product recall after revelations that some foods contain a potentially deadly additive. The agency has disclosed that the Sudan I dye has been detected in some 350 food products in the UK. These include pizza, steak and kidney pie, and chilli con carne. The additive is believed to be a potential cause of cancer, and is also used in floor wax and to give colour to shoe polish. Food Standards Australia New Zealand says it will seek to determine whether any of the products that were recalled in the UK have been exported to Australia, adding that a national survey in early ...