Minister Of Health Reacts To Imported Indian-packaged Garri

The health minister, in a statement, has reacted to a tweet about the imported garri now being sold in Nigerian stores..

In the statement, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), revealed it has carried out preliminary investigation into the food sample and that the imported Garri samples had no NAFDAC number.

The statement read:

“We knew we had work to do, and Monday 20th we did. Our actions and findings are outlined below.

 

1.  NAFDAC Officers visited the Supermarket in Ikoyi today
2.  26 packets of 500mg each of the products were seized for analysis
3.  The product has no NAFDAC number
4.  The product is said to be from Ghana but packaged in UK
5. The Management of the Supermarket have been invited for further discussion in our Lagos office

NAFDAC sent me updates on the case of Imported ‘India Garri’ brought to my attention via Twitter. Read here https://t.co/tsO4ojGYmX http://pic.twitter.com/oEi3TJyYgU

— Prof. Isaac Adewole (@IsaacFAdewole) February 20, 2017

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