The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has banned the importation of Indomie noodles into the country.
Director General of the Agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement on Monday.
The ban followed the discovery of ethylene oxide,a cancer causing agent leading to the recall of noodles by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities.
NAFDAC statement reads in parts,” 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.
“What we are doing is an extra caution to ensure that the product is not smuggled in, and if so, our post marketing surveillance would detect it. We also want to be sure that the spices used for the Indomie and other noodles in Nigeria are tested.
“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.”
The agency assured that Nigerians will be properly informed of the outcomes of the investigation adding it will begin random sampling of indomie noodles including the seasoning from the production facilities tomorrow (Tuesday). adding
