This is following a startling revelation from a
research carried out by the Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (FSAN) office of the agency.
According to Sahara reporters, the tomato
pastes which are imported from China, fall
below the required standard.


The minimum requirement specified by the
Codex Alimentarius Standards and Nigerian
Industrial Standards is that tomato pastes
should have at least 28% tomato content.
The FSAN research revealed that out of 316
packs of tomato pastes purchased in Lagos and
tested, 218 of them had less than the minimum
requirement (28%) of tomato in them.
The research also accused tomato paste
companies of working with Chinese companies
to sell unwholesome tomato pastes to
Nigerians.
FSAN has also called for the ban in the
importation of tomato pastes from China.
NAFDAC recently shut 16 herbal medicine
facilities and seized products in Onitsha,
Anambra.

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oga lalasticala supermods I hail o

So the current hike in price of tomato paste is not harsh enough and you're looking on to increasing the burden of Nigerians.

Banning is not the answer.

If the same NAFDAC could live to its billing, the importation of substandard/killer paste would have not arise.

So they have no case whatsoever.

Ok