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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has notified Nigerians about the sale of unwholesome Mayonnaise branded (Whippy Real Mayonnaise) in Nigeria.
The notification is contained in a public alert, No. 024/2023, and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, by the Director-General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye.
Adeyeye said that the product was discovered following a consumer complaint received and investigated by the post marketing surveillance unit of the agency in Ilorin, Kwara State.
She said that the products were sourced locally from the manufacturer, SNF FOODS Limited,
Onitsha, Anambra State.
The NAFDAC boss disclosed that samples were taken randomly from different batches of the product for laboratory analysis in NAFDAC Labs.
According to her, laboratory analysis conducted on the product by the agency, showed unsatisfactory outcomes.
Adeyeye said that though the products were still within shelf life, they have become rancid and exhibits a colour different from the original colour of mayonnaise.
The D-G said that all zonal directors of the agency and state coordinators have been directed to carry out surveillance and mop up the implicated batches of the unwholesome product.
She identified the manufacturer address as: Plot 52, Harbour Industrial Estate, Pokobros Avenue, Off Atani Road, Onitsha, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, with pack sizes of the products as: 245g and 460g in plastic bottles…
