By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has said that following the discovery of ethylene oxide, a cancer causing agent, the importation of Indomie noodles has banned into the country.
A statement Monday by the Director General of NAFDAC, he explained that the ban resulted in the recalling of indomie noodles by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities following the discovery of ethylene oxide, a cancer causing agent.
He explained that the Director of Food Lab Services Directorate has been engaged and has started working on the methodology for the analysis following the compound of interest on ethylene oxide.
According to him, “Indomie noodles have been banned from being imported into the country for many years. It is one of the foods on the government prohibition list. It is not allowed in Nigeria, and therefore not registered by NAFDAC.”
Prof. Mojisola stated that what the agency was doing was an extra caution to ensure that the product is not smuggled in, and if so, the post marketing surveillance would detect it, saying that the agency wants to be sure that the spices used for the Indomie and other noodles in Nigeria are tested.
He said that that is what NAFDAC Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FSAN) and Post Marketing Surveillance (PMS) are doing this week at the production facilities and in the market, respectively and promised that the Nigerians will be duly updated with the outcomes of the investigation.
