Nigerias food and drug agency NAFDAC has denied reports of banning Indomie instant noodles and has assured consumers that the product is safe for consumption.
Reports by health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan had claimed to detect ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic substance responsible for lymphoid cancer and breast cancer in the product leading to a series of investigations of Indofoods, manufacturers of the product.
That investigation turned out to be false after the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC Carried Out its own investigations on the relishing food enjoyed by millions of Nigerians.
A scare quotes “The Ministry of Health of Malaysia (MOH) will immediately issue a directive to hold, test and release the Indomie Special Chicken Flavour instant noodles products from Malaysia at all entry points of the country” went viral.
Nonetheless, the Director-General of the health agency, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has asked consumers not to fret over the South-Asia countries’ preemptive measures.
“NAFDAC did not ban Indomie,” Professor Adeyeye said in a phone conversation with Channels Television on Monday.
“Indomie has been on the government prohibition list for many years to encourage local manufacturing.”
She also disclosed that the body has countermeasures to prevent the importation of these products from affected nations.
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