Sudan Red Panic Debunked: Supply Chain & Risk Communication in Cosmetics
The speakers provide a detailed analysis of the 2024–2025 Sudan Red scandals in Taiwan, focusing on the shift from food to cosmetics. They argue that Taiwanese firms were victims of international fraud and debunk carcinogen myths.
The speakers provide a detailed analysis of the 2024–2025 Sudan Red scandals in Taiwan, focusing on the shift from food to cosmetics. They argue that Taiwanese firms were victims of international fraud and debunk carcinogen myths.
🔥Hot Take:
- The speaker is right: Taiwanese brands paid 'organic' prices for industrial dye because of a massive blind spot in global raw material trust.
- While the 'Group 3' data is scientifically accurate, the claim that it's as safe as 'tea' is a common rhetorical tactic that glosses over the fact that industrial dyes are illegal in food/cosmetics for a reason.
🔥Hot Take:
- •The speaker is right: Taiwanese brands paid 'organic' prices for industrial dye because of a massive blind spot in global raw material trust.
- •While the 'Group 3' data is scientifically accurate, the claim that it's as safe as 'tea' is a common rhetorical tactic that glosses over the fact that industrial dyes are illegal in food/cosmetics for a reason.
Claim Breakdown
🎯 Truth Rating: A+ 😍
📝 Why: Official investigations by the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) in late 2025 confirmed that raw materials from Singapore's Campo Research contained Sudan Red IV. Major brands like Greenvines and O'right were affected and had done their standard due diligence (GMP, COA) but were misled by the supplier.
🔗 Source:
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Taiwan News- Confirms the first case of Sudan dye in Taiwan cosmetics and the involvement of Campo Research.
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Focus Taiwan- Reports that TFDA traced the contamination to raw materials supplied by Singapore-based Campo Research.
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