Sudan Red - Have you'll heard about it?

Has anyone heard about a industrial dye called "Sudan Red". I came across this Wall Street Journal Article (May 9th) titled "Unsafe Food Additives Across Asia..." (link).

Quoting the article:

In Asia, unsafe additives in foods for human consumption have long been a problem. Some street vendors use an industrial dye for textiles called Sudan Red to make their coconut and sugar-cane drinks look more attractive. "You could just see the beverages, they sort of glow, because these dyes are really quite intense," says the WHO's Mr. Moy. Last November, Chinese authorities discovered that poultry farmers in Hebei province had been using one of the Sudan Red dyes, believed to cause cancer, to color the feed of their ducks and redden the yolks of the eggs, which sell at a premium price.

In 2003, Sudan Red was found in hot-chili products imported from India to the U.K. Products containing the dye were also recalled in Canada and South Africa. Over the next two years, the contamination snowballed. By March 2005, 580 products had been withdrawn in the U.K.

So what's the guarantee that the pickle or tandoori paste or spices which say at the back "Made in India or Made in Pakistan" does not have "Sudan Red" in it. Does FDA check these products?

Something to think!