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More food products found to be contaminated with illegal chemical dye
Updated list 9th May 2005

Last updated Thursday 16-Aug-2007 12:42 PM

Para Red

The Food Standards Agency has published a list of 35 foods that have been found to contain the illegal dye, Para Red. It has also issued a Food Alert for Information.

The Agency has been informed that 35 food products have been found to have been made with a spice that could contain an illegal dye, Para Red. The products are being withdrawn from sale.

Our advice

At the levels found the risk from eating any of these foods is very small, but as a precaution it would be sensible not to eat them. The amounts of Para Red found in the spices are very low.

People who have any of the foods listed below can contact the store where they bought it for a refund. This list will be updated as the Agency is informed of further affected products and people should also look out for in-store notices and other publicity about affected products.

	Product	Size	Product Type	Best Before Date or Use By Dates
Date of Issue 5 May 2005, 17.00
1	Asda Chinese Style Curry Cooking Sauce	560g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before 14/4/2006 and Best Before 16/4/2006
2	Asda Tex Mex Hot Chilli Sauce	570g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before 22/3/2006
3	Co-op Hoi Sin Cook-in Sauce	460g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End Apr 2006, with Lot Code 5109S
4	Co-op Spicy Sichuan Cook-in Sauce	440g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End Apr 2006, with Lot Code 5109S
5	Co-op Hot Chilli Cook-in Sauce	440g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End Apr 2006, with Lot Code 5101S
6	Co-op Ground Paprika	46g	Spice	Best Before End Feb 2007, with lot code 5075
7	Iceland Tikka cooking sauce	450g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before 14th April 2006
8	Sainsbury's Moroccan Chicken Snack Salad	200g	Chilled Salad Snack	Use By 9th, Use By 10th & Use By 11th May 2005
9	Tesco Korma Curry Sauce	715g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End April 2006 and Best Before End March 2006
10	Tesco Korma Curry Sauce	500g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End April 2006 and Best Before End March 2006
11	Tesco Healthy Living Korma Curry Sauce	500g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End April 2006
12	Tesco Healthy Living Tikka Masala Curry Sauce	500g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End April 2006 and Best Before End March 2006
13	Tesco Tikka Masala Curry Sauce	500g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End April 2006 and Best Before End March 2006
14	Tesco Tikka Masala Curry Sauce	715g	Cooking Sauce	Best Before End April 2006
15	Tesco Finest Soft cheese & salmon Terrine lunch selection	152.5g	Chilled Pate	Up to and including Use by 18 May 2005
16	Tesco Finest Vintage Cheddar & Farmhouse style pate. Lunch selection	152.5g	Chilled Pate and Cheese	Up to and including Use by 18 May 2005
17	Tesco Finest Crab Terrine	120g	Chilled Pate	up to and including Use by 24 May 2005
18	Tesco Finest Salmon Terrine	120g	Chilled Pate	Up to and including Use by 24 May 2005
19	Tesco Mexican Style Chilli Bean Pate	115g	Chilled Pate	Up to and including Use by 1 June 2005
20	Tesco Finest Farmhouse style Pate with Black Galloway Ale	145g	Chilled Pate	Up to and including Use by 26 May 2005
21	Tesco Finest Smoked Duck Pate with Pear Jelly	145g	Chilled Pate	Up to and including Use by 19 May 2005
22	Tesco Farmhouse Style Pate	Deli	Chilled Pate	Up to and including Use by 24 May 2005
23	Waitrose Pheasant Paté	175g	Chilled Paté	Use by 18th May up to and including Use by 25th May 2005
24	Waitrose Salmon Terrine	175g	Chilled Paté	Use by 23rd May up to and including Use by 8th June 2005
25	Waitrose Smoked Duck & Apple Paté	175g	Chilled Paté	Use by 17th May up to and including Use by 8th June 2005
26	Waitrose Wild Mushroom Paté	175g	Chilled Paté	Use by 20th May up to and including Use by 7th June 2005
27	Waitrose Entertaining. Smoked Duck & Apple Paté	500g	Chilled Paté	Use by 19th May 2005
28	Waitrose Entertaining. Kiln Roasted Salmon	500g	Chilled Paté	Use by 19th May 2005
29	Waitrose Entertaining. Chicken & Calvados Paté	500g	Chilled Paté	Use by 6th June 2005
30	Waitrose Entertaining. Wild Mushroom Paté	500g	Chilled Paté	Use by 7th June 2005
31	Waitrose Deli Duck Champagne & Truffle Paté	1Kg	Chilled Paté	Use by 17th May up to and including Use by 8th June 2005
32	Waitrose Deli Game & Hawthorne Paté	1 Kg	Chilled Paté	Use by 20th May up to and including Use by 4th June 2005
33	Waitrose Deli Salmon & Lemon Thyme Paté	1 Kg	Chilled Paté	Use by 23rd May up to and including Use by 9th June 2005
34	Waitrose Deli Woodland Mushroom Paté	1 Kg	Chilled Paté	Use by 26th May 2005
35	Waitrose Deli Chicken & Calvados Paté	1 Kg	Chilled Paté	Use by 27th May up to and including Use by 6th June 2005
Date of Issue 6 May 2005, 15.40
	Products	Size	Product Type	Best Before Date or Use By Dates
36	Castle MacLellan. Orkney Crab Pâté with Crème Fraiche and Dijon Mustard	113g	Pâté	First Use By Date 27/05/2005 Last Use By Date 18/06/2005
37	Castle MacLellan. Oven Roasted Red Pepper Pâté with Cous Cous & Coriander	113g	Pâté	First Use By Date 29/05/2005 Last Use By Date 16/06/2005
38	Castle MacLellan. Scottish Smoked Salmon Pâté with Horseradish & Lemon Juice	113g	Pâté	First Use By Date 27/05/2005 Last Use By Date 14/06/2005
39	Castle MacLellan. Rannoch Smoked Duck Pâté with Bramley Apple Jelly	113g	Pâté	First Use By Date 29/05/2005 Last Use By Date 14/06/2005
40	Castle MacLellan. Spiced Vegetable Pâté with Galloway Chutney	113g	Pâté	First Use By Date 29/05/2005 Last Use By Date 05/06/2005
41	Makro. Aro Spicy Burger Sauce with Sugar and Sweetener	1 litre	Sauce	April-06
42	Meridian Tikka Masala Sauce. Free from gluten, wheat and dairy	350g	Sauce	July-06
43	Somerfield. Spicy Szechuan Stir Fry Sauce	210g	Sauce	April-06
44	Somerfield. Good Intentions Tikka Masala Sauce	435g	Sauce	April-06
45	Somerfield. Indian Tikka Masala Sauce	440g	Sauce	April-06
46	Weight Watchers. Farmhouse Style Pâté	113g	Pâté	First Use By Date 28/05/2005 Last Use By Date 19/06/2005
47	Weight Watchers. Spicy Bean Pâté	113g	Pâté	First Use By Date 29/05/2005 Last Use By Date 17/06/2005
Date of Issue 9 May 2005, 16.20
	Products	Size	Product Type	Best Before Date or Use By Dates
48	Asda Fajita meal kit	475g	Meal kit	Best Before End dates 24 and 25 Sept 2005
49	Asda Fajita seasoning	30g	Seasoning sachet	Best Before End March 2007 and April 2007
50	Britz Chilli flavoured crisps	34.5g	Crisps	Best Before End 22 Oct 2005
51	Chicago Town Brick Oven Cheese pizza	570g	Frozen pizza	Best Before End dates 15 April 2006 and 30 April 2006, lot codes L5094, L5108, L 5109, L5110, L5111, L5112
52	Chicago Town Brick Oven Pepperoni pizza	590g	Frozen pizza	Best Before End dates 15 Jan 2006 and 31 Jan 2006, lot codes L5094, L5108, L 5109, L5110, L5111, L5112
53	Chicago Town Chilli Wraps	2 x 171g	Frozen wraps	Best Before End 14/12/05 lot code L5104, Best Before End 31/11/05 lot code L5090
54	CoFresh Chilli & Lemon Flavoured Potato Grills	90g and 40g	Snack	Best Before End 22, 23 and 24 January 2006
55	Co-op Red kidney beans in chilli sauce	410g	Canned product	Best Before End Mar 2007 lot code 5076, Best Before End Apr 2007 lot codes 5096 and 5098
56	Discovery Foods. Gluten-free Mexican Recipe meal kit	388g	Meal kit	Best Before End 25 July and 4 August 2005
57	Kolak Chilli Lemon crisps	28g	Crisps	Best Before End dates 18 June, 2 July, 16 July, 23 July, 30 July 2005
58	Kolak Chilli Lemon crisps	100g	Crisps	Best Before End 25 June 2005
59	Kolak Chilli Lemon crisps. Multipack	6 x 28g	Crisps	Best Before End 16 July 2005
60	Kolak Hot & Spicy crisps. Multipack	6 x 28g	Crisps	Best Before End 25 June 2005
61	Morrisons Thai Sweet Chilli traditional handcooked crisps	150g	Crisps	Best Before End 5 August 2005
62	Pataks Bombay Bites	100g	Snack	Best Before End dates 6 Aug, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, 27 Aug and 3 Sept 2005
63	Pataks Bombay Crackers	120g	Snack	Best Before End dates 6 Aug, 27 Aug, 10 Sept and 24 Sept 2005
64	Tayto Fusion Sweet Chilli and Red Pepper crisps	40g and 150g	Crisps	Best Before End dates 29 July and 5 August 2005
65	Tesco Fajitas meal kit	417g	Meal kit	Best Before End dates 8 Sept, 25 Sept, 1 Oct and 19 Oct 2005
66	Tesco Temptations. Sweet Chilli and Red Pepper handcooked crisps	150g	Crisps	Best Before End dates 29 July, 5 August and 12 August 2005

Backround

The contamination of spices with illegal dyes is a European-wide issue and the Agency has been pressing the European Commission to lead a co-ordinated approach to the issue. The Commission will hold a meeting with member states on Tuesday 10 May to consider the best way to tackle the problem.

The Agency’s Director of Food Safety Dr Andrew Wadge said: 'Para Red like Sudan I is an illegal dye that should not be in food. People understandably don’t expect or want it to be in their food. At the levels being found the risk is likely to be very small indeed, but it is right that food businesses are removing these products from sale.

'We are pleased that the European Commission is going to develop a European-wide approach to this tackling this issue. Concerted action across Europe is the most effective way forward.'

Para Red is an industrial dye that is not permitted for use in food. It is chemically similar to Sudan I, a dye which was implicated in the contamination of other food products in February. The Agency’s independent scientific experts advise that it would be prudent to assume that Para Red, like Sudan I, could be a genotoxic carcinogen and so exposure to it should be as low as reasonably practical.

The contaminated spice was supplied by Spanish company, Ramon Sabater, and is believed to originate in Uzbekistan. The spice was imported into the UK by Lion Foods who supplied a number of companies. Following confirmation of contamination the FSA issued notices to the companies concerned that the products should be recalled on Tuesday 3 May. The companies concerned have been co-operating with the FSA in compiling and checking product lists since then.

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