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The sulphur dioxide and acid benzoate makes ABC fried chicken sauce and ABC sauce drawn in Singapore.
Singapore's Singapore Food Agency or Singapore Food Superintendent calls this RI product an allergen.
"The alergen in the food can result in an allergic reaction to the individual sensitive to its content," write SFA in its official description as quoted by CNA.
ABC sauce is pulled because it's sulfur dioxide, whereas fried chicken sauce is ABC because it contains benzoic acid but it's not written in packaging. Nevertheless, both of these components are still within the safety limit allowed in the groceries.
Is that sulfur dioxide in the ABC sauce pulled from Singapore?
Sulfur dixixide or sulfur dioxide is a colourless gas with a distinctive smell and sting. As it was infused from the CDC, exposure to sulfur dioxide could result in irritation in the eyes, nose, and throat.
An exposed person can experience a number of symptoms amongst others, mucus nose, choking, coughing, and bronchic constricting reflexes.
However, sulfur dioxide is widely used in industry including the food industry. In food processing, sulfur dioxide is used to preserve.
In the 2019 BPOM Rule Number 11 of Food Supplies, sulfur dioxide or sulfur dioxide comes into the extra food category of preservative. This BTP is to prevent or inhibit fermentation, acidification, decomposition, and other destruction of food caused by microorganisms.
ABC sauce was pulled because of the sulfur dioxide content that includes the allergy. As it is swarming from the New Food Magazine, the sulfur dioxide effect on sensitive individuals can vary like, rash, low blood pressure, diarrhea and stomach pain.
An asthma patient is also a high risk reaction to sulfur dioxide. A pretty severe reaction will experience a certain type of asthma such as asthma that depends on steroid drugs and chronic children's asthma.
In addition to sulfur dioxide, benzoate acid is also in the allergy category by SGA so the fried chicken sauce ABC is drawn. In similar rules, BPOM puts benzoate acid into BTP preservative categories.
The practice of preserving food with benzoic acid was done 100 years ago. Disturbing from Livestrong, benzoat acid works by reducing pH on products so that products are more sour. Not even mushrooms and bacteria that damage food.
Although its use is safe as long as it's within allowed limits, some people are sensitive to benzoic acid. They'll have an allergic reaction after consuming food with benzoic acid like, asthma, itching, swelling and skin irritation during direct exposure.
