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Are red-yolk eggs healthier?
Maybe not. In China, they may even have come to represent a (1) danger-cancer.
Last month, a CCTV programme (2) that some red-yolk duck eggs from Hebei in Beijing markets contained Sudan IV (苏丹红四号). Sudan IV is a dye (染料) that may give people cancer if eaten.
Beijing’s food safety office soon found 1,159 kilograms of dyed eggs. They were produced
(3) seven companies in Beijing and the provinces of Hebei, Anhui, Henan, Zhejiang and Hubei.
Sudan dye is (4) in leather (皮革) and clothing industries. But they are banned (禁止) in food. The World Health Organization has proved it might cause (导致) cancer.
How did the duck eggs get dyed? Police in Hebei (5) arrested (逮捕) one man. Because natural Red-yolk eggs got a higher, price in the market, the man asked farmers (6) red Sudan IV with the duck feed. He promised to give a higher price to the farmers if they did so.
To make things safe, 10,400 ducks that had eaten the dyed feed were killed. Over 2,000 kilograms of duck eggs and 800 kilograms of feed were destroyed (销毁) around the country.
The government also plans to (7) on food production (生产) more often.
(8) the near future, according to new rules, every single egg in the market should (9) given an “identity” (身份). Companies need (10) information like production date and the place the eggs were laid.