The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday said laboratory result of the suspected fake rice showed that the product was not plastic but was contaminated with micro-organisms. The Acting Director General of NAFDAC, Yetunde Oni, disclosed this at a news conference held in conjunction with the Nigeria Customs Service in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Oni said the seized rice was unsatisfactory and therefore unwholesome for human consumption, stressing that the consignment would be destroyed upon handover by the Customs.
She added that the product branded ”Best Tomato,” was in 25kg bag, without NAFDAC number, batch number, date markings and details of the manufacturer.
Oni said, “Floating” was negative, sedimentation was positive, cooking was normal, odour was normal, colour was off-white and E-coli was within specification.
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