NAFDAC Arrests 8 Over Adulterated Foods, Drugs In Kwara.

Date: 2014-09-06

In Kwara State,the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested eight patent medicine sellers and bakers for selling adulterated foods and medicine. Mrs Julina Abayomi,the NAFDAC Coordinator in Kwara,  made the disclosure in an interview with NAN in Ilorin on Friday.

She said the eight were arrested in different parts of Kwara North Senatorial District during an unscheduled assessment visit by NAFDAC officials to the area. The coordinator said several drugs, bread and the snack called Gala were found to be adulterated and were confisticated from them.

Abayomi said that the eight medicine sellers were arrested in Kaiama, Gure, Kosubosu, Okuta and Chikanda town. She said the Agency had sealed a bakery in Chikanda for producing bread with bromate. She then warned fruit sellers against using calcium carbide to preserve fruits being sold to people, adding that the Agency would not hesitate to deal with any fruit seller caught in the act.

The coordinator reminded the people of the state to always ensure that manufactured products had NAFDAC registration number before purchasing them.

 

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