{"id":124793,"date":"2024-07-19T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nafdac-seals-bakery-for-using-unfortified-sugar-others-in-sokoto"},"modified":"2024-07-19T21:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:41:52","slug":"nafdac-seals-bakery-for-using-unfortified-sugar-others-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-seals-bakery-for-using-unfortified-sugar-others-in-sokoto","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC seals bakery for using unfortified sugar, others in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has sealed off a bakery over alleged use of unfortified sugar and banned bromate in Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>The NAFDAC State Coordinator, Mr Garba Adamu, revealed this on Friday, adding that the bakery was detected during a special raid by agency officials.<\/p>\n<p>Adamu stressed that only fortified registered sugar containing vitamin \u2018A\u2019 with micro nutrients and other vitamins are allowed to be sold and consumed in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThis is a Federal Government policy enforced by NAFDAC and other government agencies to ensure that consumers get the maximum nutritional and other health benefits from the produced products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dSix other bakeries were also sanctioned for poor hygiene as enforcement officers led by Mr Buhari Manzo scale up the routine inspection visits to bakeries across the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dBakeries are monitored to ensure that they don\u2019t use saccharine or other banned items as a substitute to fortified regulated ingredients,\u201d Adamu said.<\/p>\n<p>He warned producers against using adulterated, counterfeit, unregistered and expired items in their places, stressing that NAFDAC would continue the enforcement at all the times.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the operation would be extended to local government areas as part of the agency\u2019s efforts to ensure that hygienic foods are being sold as well as right products in circulation.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the general public to be wary of patronizing unregistered products and to always report any suspicious practices and contaminations to NAFDAC, reiterating the agency\u2019s continued efforts to safeguard the health of the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has sealed off a bakery over alleged use of unfortified sugar and banned bromate in Sokoto State. The NAFDAC State Coordinator, Mr Garba Adamu, revealed this on Friday, adding that the bakery was detected during a special raid by agency officials. 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