Hong Kong CFS food alert Ethylene oxide found in samples of canned pasta sauce
Product: Hunts Pasta Sauce (Garlic & Herb), Canned pasta sauce, Ethylene oxide found in samples of canned pasta sauce
Brand/company: Hunts, SIMS Trading Company
- Product family
- Food & Grocery
- Product type
- Packaged food
- Issue
- Chemical contamination
- Audience
- General consumers
Reason: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) collected the above-mentioned samples from two supermarkets in Kowloon City and Tsing Yi for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test results showed that the samples contained a pesticide, ethylene oxide. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified ethylene oxide as a Group 1 carcinogen.
Consumer action: Not to consume the affected products.