VietNamNet Bridge – 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.

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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 District.

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.

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