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New labels placed on AFC Beancurd Sheets and Sticks after undeclared sulfites found

posted by brad wong on 2009.09.23, under bean curd, health, tofu

UPDATE: I’ve added information from the company owner since I originally posted this entry on Wednesday.

AFC Trading & Wholesale of California has placed stickers in English on some of its Chinese-made frozen bean curd sheets and sticks after officials found undeclared sulfites in them, the company reported.

The lack of English labeling prompted the Los Angeles company to issue a recall Sept. 7 with the federal government.

AFC warned people who are allergic to sulfites not to eat products with the “PO# 378″ on them.

The problem occurred because this batch, which was shipped in March or April, contained sulfites but that was only noted in Chinese, AFC owner Jackson Wu said Wednesday.

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