Recall that a tweet first caught Nigerians attention on Sunday 19th February 2017 which was about a certain pack of Imported Garri with the source given as India, which was found on the shelve of a Nigerian supermarket. Now, the tweet have reached the stables of Nigeria Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole.

According to Prof. Isaac Adewole, NAFDAC have jumped into investigations and proper actions will be taken on this matter.

"We knew we had work to do, and Monday 20th we did. Our actions and findings are outlined below: (Updates via @NafdacNigeria)"

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
Investigation continues.

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more @ http://www.exlinklodge.com/2017/02/update-on-imported-india-garri-health.html

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They've swung into action, Nigeria is not a dumping zone for garbage. Nice one.

Which way Naija

Very stupid..that place is an Indian supermarket for God sake and TRS Gari is for Indians ..I buy a lot of TRS products like cummin and turmeric from that same place and I have done so for ages .

Ok

Ok

It's high time our NAFDAC and SON, become more proactive, rather than reactive.

Bring back our Garri

SalamRushdie:
Very stupid..that place is an Indian supermarket for God sake and TRS Gari is for Indians ..I buy a lot of TRS products like cummin and turmeric from that same place and I have done so for ages .

Even if it's for consumption by Indians, it doesn't mean food items being imported into the country shouldn't be vetted.
Afterall even to enter Canada from UK, a basic fruit like apple is seized - that's from one developed nation to another, not to mention whole food items like these from India.

Chaiye.........

SalamRushdie:
Very stupid..that place is an Indian supermarket for God sake and TRS Gari is for Indians ..I buy a lot of TRS products like cummin and turmeric from that same place and I have done so for ages .

what is this one saying self?

They will import wall nut soon.

INNOVATION NAIRALANDERS... package our local garri like this, u will definitely sell

bumi10:
Recall that a tweet first caught Nigerians attention on Sunday 19th February 2017 which was about a certain pack of Imported Garri with the source given as India, which was found on the shelve of a Nigerian supermarket. Now, the tweet have reached the stables of Nigeria Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole.

According to Prof. Isaac Adewole, NAFDAC have jumped into investigations and proper actions will be taken on this matter.

"We knew we had work to do, and Monday 20th we did. Our actions and findings are outlined below: (Updates via @NafdacNigeria)"

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
Investigation continues.

See what people are saying below...

more @ http://www.exlinklodge.com/2017/02/update-on-imported-india-garri-health.html

cc lalasticlala mynd44 missyb3 dominique

Ghana garri sweet oo

I know the TRS brand in the UK. The question here is will the government ban it if they find no problem after analysing the product? I know they have mentioned that it has no NAFDAC number, will they also ask that the locally produced garri be NAFDAC certified or is the NAFDAC certification only for imported products?

SalamRushdie:
Very stupid..that place is an Indian supermarket for God sake and TRS Gari is for Indians ..I buy a lot of TRS products like cummin and turmeric from that same place and I have done so for ages .

So? It's not registered under NAFDAC.

Is a thing of choice,if the imported gari is eventually registered and certified safe(as if our local gari is) then it should be free to be put on the shelf,maybe their own gari will be sweeter

Buhari why now now

It shouldn't be allowed back on the shelf even it it's ok for consumption.

#Garriisourright

What!

Imported garri?

Is this tenure normal?

I wish it had a NAFDAC number, so that we can just close NAFDAC

We are importing Garri?
Ahah Garri?
This nation is dead.
There is no good in importation.
You strengthen you economy through exportation.
Where our stupid govt and importers got it wrong is that, the don't knw that there is more profit in exporting than importing.
A friend of mine living in Tessense USA was telling me dis A.M that a mango cost $1.68 in USA and its not that ripe.
Mango that rust here and goat will even walk on in Nigeria. Just imagine us preserving mango and exporting it to USA. But our rulers will rather destroying indigenous industry just to promote there importation business.
For How Long Will We Keep Importing What We Have And Exporting What We Don't Have?

Some people just wanna ridicule the country. How does one explain this circumstance, you import Garri that we have in abundance and surplus sef. Na God go help d person. One of the reasons for the drainage of our foreign exchange.

That's a brand very common in the UK and Europe.

Huh

SalamRushdie:
Very stupid..that place is an Indian supermarket for God sake and TRS Gari is for Indians ..I buy a lot of TRS products like cummin and turmeric from that same place and I have done so for ages .

To tear you hot slap just dey hungry me.

For Indians Keh. . .? Your Fada. If you can't eat our locally made gari, get the fuuuuck outta mi country.


See him name like Virus for 3 Idiots

NAFDAC should also address the issue of drugs in the market as i have observed some new products which seem relatively cheaper than the known names that are now becoming expensive.

SalamRushdie:
Very stupid..that place is an Indian supermarket for God sake and TRS Gari is for Indians ..I buy a lot of TRS products like cummin and turmeric from that same place and I have done so for ages .

Does that exempt the product from being duly registered.

175:


To tear you hot slap just dey hungry me.

For Indians Keh. . .? Your Fada. If you can't eat our locally made gari, get the fuuuuck outta mi country.


See him name like Virus for 3 Idiots

Lmao

isoorite, soon we go av imported ponmo,,kulikuli n akara,,,
messed by country led by messed up leaders

Pile on the poor guys...They will rather kill the poor supermarket owner... Nobody wants to ask the ogas at the custom some basic questions.. How did this very product enter into the country in-spite of well known government stated policies against that Is the blame not with the customs service? Who allowed the goods to come in? Where duties paid for that? If the goods were not imported in here, will the supermarket have seen it to buy The people to be harangued are the custom service and not the supermarket