Victoria Mgbanwa
In a bid to protect the health of Nigerian citizens, The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down a bakery in sokoto, for producing bread with counterfeit products, and also sanctioned Six other bakeries across the state for poor hygiene.
While speaking to News agency of Nigeria NAN on Friday, The NAFDAC State Coordinator, Mr Garba Adamu, explained that the items used by the bakery was seized and will be destroyed.
He said, “We discovered that the bakery was using saccharine, an unregistered foreign sugar, as 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.
“Only fortified registered sugar containing vitamin ‘A’ with micronutrients and other vitamins is 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 produced 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 to fortified regulated ingredients.”
He further urged Nigerian to be conscious of what they consume and bewere of patronizing unregistered products and always report any suspicious practices and contaminations to NAFDAC.
