Factory caught using charcoal instead of cocoa to colour biscuits
Dubai: Egyptian food-control authorities have shut down an unlicensed biscuit factory in Qalyubia governorate after inspectors found expired ingredients and a black vegetable-carbon colouring, known as E153, that was reportedly being used in place of cocoa to give biscuits their dark colour, local media reported. The factory, in the Kafr Shukr district north of Cairo, was uncovered during a…
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