Sudans are red dyes and used in oils, beeswax, petrol, shoes and floor polish to colorize them. It is forbidden to use them in food as a coloring agent.
Sudan dyes are found in chili, paprika powder and palm oil imported from India and United Kingdom from 2003 to 2005. At the same time sudans are found in the products that included imported chili and paprika powder.
Sudan Red 1 is a chemical azo dye and defined as carcinogenic by Cancer Research Center. Products are strictly controlled if they contain Sudan Red I, II, III and IV in most of the countries.
From July,2003 for exporting red chili and paprika products, The certificate shows that product does not contain sudan dyes must be taken for each lot. To analyse the products, the sample must be taken from bulk randomly.
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