The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has validated the safety of Indomie and other noodle brands in Nigeria.
According to news sources, the agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed on Thursday that the Agency collected samples of noodles and seasonings (spices) from various locations for laboratory investigation, and the results were found to be safe for human consumption.
According to her, NAFDAC did not prohibit the importation of Indomie during the recent Taiwan-Malaysia incident that resulted in multiple deaths.
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She did, however, point out that the Federal Government has previously outlawed Noodles in general, but this was done to safeguard local manufacturers.
Remember that the revelation was prompted by a recent discovery made by Malaysian and Taiwanese health officials. According to reports, the experts discovered ethylene oxide, a chemical found in Indomie’s “special chicken” flavor noodles.
She however clarified that the implicated foreign noodles are not in Nigeria, therefore the locally produced noodles are safe for human consumption, adding that “We are improving on what will make our people healthier. Whatever we put into our food will affect us, whether positively or otherwise.”
She added that “We have to make sure that we do the right thing, regulatory-wise” and that is why NAFDAC officials went around to take samples from the markets of the products for laboratory tests.
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“I love to eat good food, including noodles. But I want to be sure that the food I am eating is not going to make me sick, take medicine. And if I am taking medicine the food that I am eating will not make me to add to the medicine that I am taking. Therefore, I take food very, very seriously,” she submitted.
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