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Hong Kong · Centre for Food Safety 2024-05-30

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.

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