Worcester sauce causes major health scare in UK
Oh dear, Worcester Sauce, a great British food tradition (almost on a par with Marmite), falls from favour spectacularly this week:
Fresh and canned foods, ready meals and cooking sauces were removed from sale on the orders of government food watchdogs after the chance discovery in Italy 11 days ago of an illegal, potentially cancer-causing dye ingredient in a bottle of Crosse & Blackwell Worcester sauce…
...The alert relates to 357 products with Worcester sauce flavouring, and the figure may rise. It follows 18 months of more low-level warnings involving 200 products – including pickles, cooking oils and sauces – to consumers, retailers, manufacturers and importers over the inclusion of the dye, which is banned in Europe.
February 26th, 2005 at 18:02:36
Please I have just bought a new bottle
of Worcester Sauce (approx 3 weeks ago) does this mean I should
return to shop
February 27th, 2005 at 10:02:37
Yes. As I understand it, the dye was imported in a shipment of chilli powder a number of years ago. I’d take the bottle back to the store and ask them if it belongs to the batch that has been recalled.