Tag: How flavoured drinks killed 3 in Nigeria’s Kano – NAFDAC

Nigeria raises Red Flag as Imported Substandard ‘Ponmo’ floods market

Precious Ibekwe

  How we arrested Two in Rivers with truckloads of stinking, adulterated ‘ponmo’ from Madagascar – Police Agency in charge of consumables in Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has, again, warned Nigerians to exercise caution when buying animal hides, popularly known in the country as Ponmo. Ponmo a stable ‘protein’ for the poor is also consumed as one of the key soup ingredients by the rich. This came as the Rivers State government has handed two persons accompanying a truckload of these substandard animal…

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How flavoured drinks killed 3 in Nigeria’s Kano – NAFDAC

Dawood Rabiu

  Nigeria’s food administration agency declares additives or chemicals used to enhance the taste of foods and drinks could lead to preventable illnesses or death The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned Nigerians to desist from adding additives or chemicals to enhance the taste of foods and drinks, as they could lead to preventable illnesses or death. Director General of the Agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning on Sunday in Abuja, while confirming the three deaths recorded in Kano State in March was due to…

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