Unauthorized color Orange II in chili powder from Ghana
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- herbs and spices
- Hazard
- Orange II unauthorised colour - {composition}
- Origin
- Ghana
- Notifier
- Belgium
What is this? A spice called chili powder from Ghana may have an unsafe dye called Orange II.
What's happening? Belgium stopped some of this chili powder at the border because it had the wrong dye.
Does this affect me? Only if you bought chili powder from Ghana recently in Belgium.
What should I do? Throw it away or return it. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you feel unwell.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Orange II unauthorised colour - {composition} · Origin: Ghana · Notifier: Belgium
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