AN ESTIMATED $250,000.00 worth of
contaminated bread improver (Edlen Dough Conditioner)
imported from the USA has been confiscated at the Onne
Port in Rivers State by the National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC.
NAFDAC head of Ports Inspection Directorate in Port
Harcourt, Dr. Musa Umar, said the product loaded in 10
containers was first suspected by NAFDAC officials at the
port in January while thorough examination on April 16 and
re-examined in the presence of the importer, clearing agent
and manufacturer were done on May 2.
He said findings in the series of investigations confirmed that
the product imported by Dorcas-Jedi Investment Nigeria Ltd
had already deteriorated and unfit for human consumption
by the degree to which the product’s integrity had been
compromised.
“Some cartons were soaked and there were evidence of
bloated cans and products spilling on to the boxes. Full
examination was attempted for all the 10 containers but no
product with acceptable physical attributes was seen,” Umar
said.
He said the economic loss for the end users (bread bakers)
would have been enormous if the product was allowed to
enter the market as its utility value had been lost.
A representative of the product’s importer, Dr. Ottih Ezuma
attributed its spoilage to long delay from the shipping
company that shipped it from Savannah Sea Port in Atlanta,
Georgia, USA.
Customs Area II Command Controller, Magaji Mohammed,
who handed the products over to NAFDAC said his
command had likewise handed over to NAFDAC 426 bottles
of naturelite children’s multivitamin discovered to have
expired.
The spoilt products still in custody at government
warehouse, Onne Port are to be destroyed by NAFDAC
Enforcement Unit after necessary official documentation.
Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/nafdac-seizes-250000-contaminated-bread-improver/

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