NAFDAC Nabs 8 For Making Harmful Ice Cream For Kids

Officials of the National Agency for Foods, Drugs and Administration Control, NAFDAC in Niger State have nabbed eight persons on the suspicion of manufacturing harmful ice cream, yoghurt, and bread for school children.

The agency’s North Central Zonal Director, Shaba Mohammed, revealed this to reporters. According to him, the discovery was made while conducting surveillance in the state.

“We found a collection of 15 locations producing harmful ice cream, yoghurt, and bread for Suleja’s school children during our monitoring today.

“We sprang into action right away, and eight people were detained in relation to the unhealthy practices. We found that these items contain dangerous substances, making them unwholesome. Unhealthy conditions are being used to make the goods. Some of these goods have been linked to cancer, cholera, and other health problems,” he said.

According to the agency, the accused will be brought before the law.

Meanwhile, before the news of the arrest of eight over the illegal making of ice cream and other harmful edible products, NAFDAC had on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, in Abuja, flagged off its nationwide media sensitization workshop on dangers of bleaching creams.

The agency’s decision to carry along a critical stakeholder group in the sensitization exercise was surefooted: the media will deploy their various platforms in expanding and extending the frontiers of advocacy for government’s effort through the agency to curb the menace of abuse of bleaching creams.

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