Permission to detain two employees of a spice company suspected of fabricating a safety report was being sought, the Yunlin District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.
Prosecutors suspect the two of seeking to hide the use of a prohibited dye in Chi-Seng Co’s products and facilitate sales to a downstream client.
A motion was filed the previous day with the Yunlin District Court to detain two research and development personnel from the Yunlin plant of the Taipei-based spice company, prosecutors said.
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The two are accused of contravening the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation (食品安全衛生管理法) by falsifying a report from quality testing company SGS Taiwan about seasoning powder, which SGS found to contain Sudan III, a dye banned from use in food processing in Taiwan as it is carcinogenic, prosecutors said.
The employees allegedly altered a report to deceive downstream client PX Mart, prosecutors said.
The altered version falsely affirmed the safety of the powder, which was sourced from New Taipei City-based raw material dealer Bao Hsin Enterprises Co and supplied by Sanhe Drug Co, which is based in China’s Henan Province, they said.
The case of Sudan dyes came to light when the Chi-Seng product was tested by Yunlin County health authorities on Jan. 30 and found to contain the banned chemical.
The discovery led to random inspections that have so far shown four batches of problematic chili powder supplied by Bao Hsin, the Food and Drug Administration said.
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