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  • NAFDAC Seizes 3 Petrol Tankers For Transporting Vegetable Oil

    NAFDAC Seizes 3 Petrol Tankers For Transporting Vegetable Oil

    NAFDAC Seizes 3 Petrol Tankers For Transporting Vegetable Oil

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    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers used to transport edible vegetable oil in Lagos State.

    In a post on X on Wednesday, the agency said the oil had reportedly been trans-loaded into the tankers from an edible oil depot.

    “Concerned about the potential health risks due to chemical contamination from the tankers’ previous use for transporting petrol, NAFDAC officials escorted the tankers to a processing facility in Sango-Ota.

    “The crude soy oil was then handed over to the Southwest Zonal Office of NAFDAC for further regulatory action,” the agency stated.

    In an attached video showing one of the seized tankers, a NAFDAC official said credible information revealed that the same tankers used to load vegetable oil had been used to load petroleum products.

    “This is a public health issue that requires NAFDAC’s attention. That was why we immediately went to that area and we caught a truck being loaded,” the official stated.

    He said the suspects were apprehended and the trucks seized for further investigation.

    The official said the tankers can’t load vegetable oil “and at the same time we are seeing tags of petrol and diesel on them”.

    He said investigation would inform the suspects of “the dangers inherent in mixing petroleum products which we know are carcinogenic, not safe for human consumption”.

     

  • NAFDAC shuts down Sokoto bakery for using unfortified sugar, others

    NAFDAC shuts down Sokoto bakery for using unfortified sugar, others

    NAFDAC shuts down Sokoto bakery for using unfortified sugar, others

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has closed down a bakery for using unfortified sugar and banned bromate in Sokoto State.

    The NAFDAC State Coordinator, Mr. Garba Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, July 13, 2024, that the bakery was detected during a special raid by the agency’s officials.

    “We discovered that the bakery was using saccharine, an unregistered foreign sugar as a sweetener along with banned bromate in their productions.

    “The items were seized for destruction and the bakery is shut down until it complies with regulations and directives,” he said.

    Adamu emphasised that only fortified registered sugar containing Vitamin A with micronutrients and other vitamins are allowed to be sold and consumed in Nigeria.

    ”This is a Federal Government policy enforced by NAFDAC and other government agencies to ensure that consumers get the maximum nutritional and other health benefits from the products.

    Six other bakeries were also sanctioned for poor hygiene as enforcement officers led by Mr Buhari Manzo scaled up the routine inspection visits to bakeries across the state.

    Bakeries are monitored to ensure that they don’t use saccharine or other banned items as a substitute for fortified regulated ingredients,” Adamu said.

    The state coordinator also cautioned producers against using adulterated, counterfeit, unregistered and expired items in their places, reiterating that NAFDAC would continue the enforcement regularly.

    Adamu said the operation would be extended to Local Government Areas as part of the agency’s efforts to ensure that hygienic foods are sold.

    He called on the public to be wary of patronising unregistered products and always report any suspicious practices and contaminations to NAFDAC.