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Chuck-out ‘acid’ pickles
24/ 9/2004
NORTH West food inspectors are warning shoppers of pickles and
sauces that contain an acid that can cause fatty deposits around
the heart.
Of 71 products tested by Oldham Trading Standards department eight
contained illegally high levels of erucic acid.
The brands affected are Lao Gan Ma pepper, black bean, chilli,
vegetable and tofu sauces; Le Yau Gau preserved vegetable, bamboo
shoot and chilli; Priya green chilli pickle; Ashoka Punjabi mango
theeka; Ncobena hot mango pickle; Khanum minced green chilli paste,
Pran mixed pickle; Regal chilli and mixed pickle and Adil mango
pickle.
Director of food safety at the Foods Standards Authority, Andrew
Wadge said: "The affected products are a small part of the pickles
and preserve market aimed primarily at the Chinese and South Asian
communities, but it is important that we act to take them off the
shelves.
"As well as asking local authorities to remove these packets and
jars from sale and to ensure similar products sold in their areas
don't break the law, we are also talking to the importers of these
foods to highlight the concerns about high levels of erucic acid
and to identify the source of the problem.
"If you have any of these illegal pickles, sauces or preserves you
should throw them away."
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