HA NOI – The Food Safety and
Hygiene Department will increase inspection over the use of spices containing
cancer-causing agent RhodamineB in food production, said head of department
Nguyen Cong Khan.
The move follows the recent
discovery of the use of RhodamineB in producing chilli powder by a private
company in northern Hai Duong Province's Cam Giang Commune.
Inspectors took two samples of
chilli powder produced by the enterprise for testing and results from the
National Institute for Food Hygiene and Safety showed both samples contained
RhodamineB.
Health inspectors took around
300kg of chilli powder found to contain RhodamineB.
RhodamineB is used by the
textile industry to dye clothes and as a colouring additive in drugs and
cosmetics, but is banned as a food colorant.
VNS
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