Vietnam's exported pepper is contaminated with sudan, warning that the "culprit" comes from an object

Through sampling for testing, it was determined that the cause of the sudan contamination was the use of red sacks and double-layer drying tarpaulins during the process of processing and preserving pepper. After receiving information about 2 batches of exported black pepper being returned by Taiwan due to sudan contamination, in addition to coordinating with customers to take samples for quality testing and pesticide residue testing, Nam Yang Agricultural and Service Cooperative (Nam Yang Commune, Dak Doa District) also sent samples of the bags and drying tarpaulins to Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang Company Limited (Ho Chi Minh City) for testing to determine the cause. According to the results received, the red sack samples sent by the Cooperative for testing were contaminated with 2,914 ppm of sudan III and 1,012 ppm of sudan IV (high sudan content), the double-layer drying tarpaulin was contaminated with 0.150 ppm of sudan IV. Ms. Nguyen Thi Nga - Deputy Director of the Cooperative ...