NAFDAC Seals 3 ‘Pure Water’ Factories
 

Officials of NAFDAC yesterday sealed three table water production centres in Aba, Abia State, for allegedly breaching the law on safety standards.

NAFDAC Deputy Director Kehinde Mammudu told newsmen in Aba that the affected centres were operating in unhygienic environment, and would remain sealed until they met the minimum sanitation requirements.

“We recommend Good Hygiene Practice (GHP), and there is a minimal requirement for such centres to produce any product for human consumption,” he said.

Mammudu said the GHP required that such centres should be hygienically clean, if they must function.

He said routine checks by the agency had helped to ensure compliance with GHP, warning that some proprietors who often relapse to the old unhygienic ways after registration, risked being de-registered.

Commenting on the production of bread in the area, Mammudu said the agency’s recent laboratory analysis of randomly selected bakeries, showed that they were 100 per cent free from the use of bromate.

He said bread produced in Aba and other parts of the state were safe, and commended the master bakers for complying with the agency’s directive against the use of bromate.

Mammudu said the agency also carried out several market inspections, to ensure that traders complied with its directive on the sale of iodised salt in small retail packs.

“We are highly impressed with the high compliance level in all the markets in Aba, Umuahia, Ohafia and other towns and villages,” he added.

Mammudu said the agency recently impounded large quantity of unregistered sex-enhancing drugs from Ariaria International Market in Aba.

He urged the public to desist from using such unregistered drugs, to safeguard their health.

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