Fast-food lovers can breathe a sigh of relief after Hong Kong McDonald's confirmed its products did not contain a dressing made with a cancer-causing dye.
By last night, only four food items containing the illegal dye Sudan 1 had been identified in local supermarkets, but the products had already been withdrawn by ParknShop after the British Food Standards Agency issued a warning last week.
The agency added 60 more items to its list of products made with contaminated ingredients yesterday, including four McDonald's sauces, bringing the total to 419.
But McDonald's confirmed last night its Hong Kong outlets did not sell products containing the contaminated dressing.
'McDonald's Hong Kong confirms it does not carry any products containing the Sudan 1 red dye,' it said in a statement.
Since Saturday, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has been scrambling to identify how many food products contain the carcinogenic dye.