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NAFDAC Warns Bakeries On The Use of Saccharin, Bromate in Bread Production
NAFDAC has warned bakeries across the country on the use of saccharin and bromate in bread production.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning while featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum.
She said bakeries caught in the act would face the full consequences of their actions.
“This is where our post-marketing surveillance comes in. We do a routine check to look for certain products. Sometimes it may be due to complaints through our reform office.
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“We have equally closed down many water-producing factories as a result of the substandard production or the act of producing it in an unhygienic environment.
“Our Regulatory Inspection Directorate is important to us because it ensures that what is brought to us at the point of registration is what is still in the market.
” Sometimes after they know that the product has been registered, they start changing the process of production or formula.
“This is why post marketing surveillance monitoring is very important.
” It ensures that what they brought to us is still what is in the market in order to maintain standard.
” That is what is called market control,” she said.
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