Controversies

Wuqiong salt-baked chicken wings reported to use 'three-no' red yeast yellow colorant without national standard; supplier sealed

Media reported that products including Guangdong Wuqiong Food's salt-baked chicken wings were suspected of using 'red yeast yellow' colorant that had no national standard and no production license, and were falsely labeled as 'red yeast red'; the Dongguan quality supervision department sealed the relevant colorant at supplier Tianyi Biological and opened an investigation. Progress: regulatory notification. Entities: Guangdong Wuqiong Food Co., Ltd. and Dongguan Tianyi Biological. Related scope: meat product additives.