KFC hit by cancer-causing red dye scare in China

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2005

BEIJING (AFP) — Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlets in China have stopped selling their New Orleans roast chicken wings and chicken hamburgers after a cancer-causing food coloring, Sudan I, was found in the sauce, state media said.

According to a statement released Wednesday by Yum, KFC's parent company, the remaining "unsafe" sauce will be destroyed, the Xinhua news agency said Thursday.

Yum did not release the name of the sauce supplier.

"We feel deep sorry for this food safety accident and promise it will never happen again," Xinhua quoted the statement as saying.

The statement also said KFC has found a new sauce supplier and the New Orleans roast chicken wing is expected to be back on sale next week.

KFC could not immediately be reached...