Illegal food dye Sudan IV has been found in Jalal palm oil products. The Food Standards Agency (UK) has issued a Food
Alert for Action.

The following four products are known to be affected:

Jalal Zomi Pure Palm Oil from Ghana
Labelled as 455g
‘Best before’ 06/2005

Jalal Zomi Pure Palm Oil from Ghana
Labelled as 450g
‘Best before’ Dec/2007

Jalal Palm Oil from West Africa
1Litre
‘Best before’ Dec/2005

Jalal Palm Oil from Sierra Leone
720g
‘Best before’ Dec/2004

Jalal Zomi Pure Palm Oil is sold in plastic bottles weighing 455g and large glass jars weighing 450g. The West African palm
oil is also sold in 1 litre plastic bottles, and the Sierra Leone one in plastic bottles weighing 720g.

You can view the products at the links below.

The products are distributed by:
Jalal Ltd
Unit 1 Enterprise Row
Rangemoor Road
Tottenham
London
N15 4LU

This product appears to be distributed through direct van sales, where retailers who sell African or African-Caribbean food
products are the main clients.

Sudan dyes
Sudan IV is not a permitted colour under the Colours in Food Regulations 1995. It is considered to be a genotoxic carcinogen
and its presence, at any level, is not permitted in foodstuffs for any purpose.

Food Alerts
Food Alerts are the FSA’s way of letting local authorities and consumers know about problems associated with food and, in
some cases, providing details of specific action to be taken.

They are issued under two categories:

Contamination of Jalal palm oils
with Sudan IV dye

Jalal Pure Palm Oil from Sierra Leone
720g

Jalal Pure Palm Oil from West
Africa 1 litre

Jalal Zomi Pure Palm Oil from Ghana
labelled as 450g

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