PANIC AS 10 BAKERIES IN RIVERS STATE SHUT DOWN BY NAFDAC

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 PANIC 10 BAKERIES IN RIVERS SHUT DOWN BY NAFDAC

PANIC AS 10 BAKERIES IN RIVERS STATE SHUT DOWN BY NAFDAC



10 bakeries, described as substandard and unregistered and eight table water factories are currently shut down in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State.


The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) shut down the business premises.


This was contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by NAFDAC’s Public Relations Officer, South-South Zone, Cyril Monye.


With the shut down, NAFDAC said Rivers State will be rid of fake and unwholesome products.


The operation was possible, NAFDAC said because security operatives in Finima Town of the Bonny Divisional Headquarters provided assistance during the three-day raid against producers of fake products.


“Most of the bakeries were not registered by NAFDAC and unregister-able because they cannot meet the minimum requirement for registration.


"While few that were registered by the agency have expired licenses or have relocated from their initial place of registration in Port Harcourt to Bonny Island without notifying the agency for formal documentation and mandatory inspections."


The statement quoted the NAFDAC Director, South-South Zone, Chukwuma Oligbo, as saying that: “The move became necessary following the agency’s painstaking investigations, surveillance and consumers complaints emanating from the Island concerning substandard bakeries and sachet/table water factories.


“It was discovered that some of the quack bakeries were producing in ramshackle facilities made with woods and rusty corrugated iron sheets with inappropriate baking equipment while the workers were not properly kitted.”


The breads found in the bakeries were stored in a very unhygienic manner.


Some of those bakeries also bear the names of popular breads in Port Harcourt.


The table water factories produce sachet water without using filtration equipment and a facility


Bottled water was produced using jars to fill the bottles manually with a locally improvised machine instead of an automated process. 



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