Yesterday the House of Representatives considered the report of the Adhoc Committee Investigating the Safety of Carbonated Drinks in Nigeria under the leadership of Femi Gbajabiamila.

The House came up with the following recommendations:

1. That warning label be printed on Fanta and Sprite that the products are harmful when taken with Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) as from January 1, 2019.

2.That NAFDAC should compel producers/manufacturers to indicate all chemicals, acids, colorants and preservatives contained in their products on the packs or bottles no matter how negligible they are as from January 1, 2019.

3. That the regulating agencies be adequately funded by the government to enable them effectively monitor adulteration of all drinks produced and marketed in Nigeria.

4. That Expiry Date must be printed on all carbonated and non-carbonated drinks produced and marketed in Nigeria effective from January 1, 2019.

5. That standard review should be carried out biannually by the Regulating Agencies, particularly Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) partnering with NAFDAC.

6. That the House Committee on Health Services Place Special Attention to NAFDAC.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/03/house-of-representatives-issues-recommendations-for-carbonated-drinks-in-nigeria.html

Hypocrites. They know none of these would make any difference. Ban the drinks if u got the guts, or forget all these stpidity.

I dedicate this FTC to getting rid of Ambode.
#AMBODE MUST GO!!!

Not fan of these things!!!!

This is long overdue... Nyc work fellas

So people should continue to die until January 2019 .

Reps is working....lolz

ameri9ja:
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H for House of Representatives

Thank God I don't take soft drinks. It is a quick route to the grave.

But see as that man wey siddon with Gbajabiamila dey look that Fanta like say he wan drink am.

Good

That's how they will be forming busy body when real burning issues are left unattended...mtcheeew

Good move...tryna protect the citizens of this great nation

Nigerians dont read!! It wont change anything. There r countless videos being circulated online on how harmful carbonated drinks can be, it has not reduced the patronage and intake of these drinks and it still has not separated me from my darling coca cola.

Iscoalarcon:
H for House of Representatives

H for hypocrites

All take effect only by 2019. Makagini?

My intake of this drinks btw monday and tuesday, i swear i fear for myself

Increased funding to regulatory bodies is just to make some og a richer, cause even with the funds they have they seem not efficient in discharging their duties, rather they go to these organisations to get bribes under the guise of getting PR.

Forget the clowns and rogues, all they're after is just some settlements from these companies.

Continue to RIP Professor Dora Akunyili.

The only reasonable recommendation emanating from that HOUSE in 3 years

Those bottles too small to write all the chemicals ingredients in soda.....think they should put a heavy tax on soda.

Y should it be 2019?

Y not with immediate effect?

What about the harm it would cause b4 2019?



Anyway, they tried sha, at least they took a step on it

Nnukwa, for the first time since independence, these greedy and selfish official thieves wants to behave like they have the interest of the poor masses at heart. Can u imagine.......

so we should continue taking harmful soft drink till 2019.... without majority of the populaces knowing that it is harmful.... I plead that, there should be public awareness and enlightenment before the given date

It's just that it has become the norm, else I will say that kids should be banned from going to school with these drinks. Just food and water. No snacks either. Some schools have banned snacks. I always urge parents to buy malt drinks for their kids to take to school instead of all these drinks. Better than these. A child that refused to eat his school food can be very OK dining a can of malt.

ameri9ja:
Hypocrites. They know none of these would make any difference. Ban the drinks if u got the gots, or forget all these stpidity.

I dedicate this FTC to getting rid of Ambode.
#AMBODE MUST GO!!!

WTF? What offense did Ambode, Tinubu's second son do? Hope it has nothing to do with the inflated toll fees or land ownership charges?

ameri9ja:
Hypocrites. They know none of these would make any difference. Ban the drinks if u got the gots, or forget all these stpidity.

I dedicate this FTC to getting rid of Ambode.
#AMBODE MUST GO!!!

Can you Nigerians ever be satisfied?

goslowgoslow:

Can you Nigerians ever be satisfied?

Satisfied my aśs. They know none of those things would deter a single Nigerian from drinking those poisons. Hypocrites!

I dnt take dos drinks up dia , beer like 33, origin etc

chocberry:



WTF? What offense did Ambode, Tinubu's second son do? Hope it has nothing to do with the inflated toll fees or land ownership charges?

You said it. He'd been sheepishly copying America (NYC especially), thinking some of us don't notice.

Good development. But if the warning on cigarette packs and the "drink responsibly" caption on alcoholic drinks do not make a difference, I don't see how this one will.

Lagos people wey be say dem don chop gala and big cola finish for traffic before dem go check expiry date

We all our responsible for our actions anyway. I choose to live healthy

Do you need the senate to tell you how harmful these drinks are before you become wise?


Don't consumer these drinks like blood tonic. They are harmful to the body.