URGENT FOOD WARNING
An urgent warning has been issued by the Food Standards Agency after a potentially cancer-causing dye was discovered in more than 350 widely-eaten food products.
The dye, known as Sudan 1, got into a batch of chilli powder.
The powder was used in a large consignment of Crosse and Blackwell Worcester Sauce made by Premier Foods.
The sauce was then added as an ingredient to at least 359 products made by supermarkets and leading food companies such as Unilever.
The FSA is urging householders who have the affected products not to eat them.
Sudan 1 is a red dye used for colouring solvents, oils waxes, petrol and shoe polish and it is illegal to add it to food in the UK and EU.
FSA chief executive Jon Bell told Sky News: "There is no risk of immediate illness and the general risk is very small.
"Clearly if anyone has any products throw them away or return them," he added.
"Because of the widespread use of this Worcester sauce to flavour other foods, we may find further affected products. We will continue to take action to remove these and minimise the risk to consumers."
Mr Bell said the problem was uncovered when supplies reached an Italian company which tested for Sudan 1.
One of the food manufacturers, Unilever, said they had withdrawn four products which contained ingedients supplied by Premier Foods earlier in the week.
Unilever told retailers on Wednesday to pull two types of pot noodle, one seafood sauce and a 400 gram shepherd's pie.
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