GUARDIAN
As criticisms continue to trail alleged excess sugar in infant formulas produced by Nestle and sold in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has said the Nido follow-up milk formula is not known to the agency, not registered and not in circulation in the country.
Campaigners from Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organization, had accused Nestle of adding sugar to infant formulas after it sent samples of the Swiss multinational’s baby-food producrs sold in Asia, Africa and latin America to a Beligian laboratory for testing.
According to Public Eye, the results and examination of product packaging revealed added sugar in the form of sucrose or honey in samples of Nido, a follow-up milk formula brand intended for use for infants aged one and above, and Cerelac, a cereal aimed at children between six months and two years. The report noted that Nido Kinder 1+ producrs sold in Souht Africa, Nigeria, and Senegal all contained nearly 1g per serving, the report said.
Public Eyes’s agriculture and nutrition expert, Laurent Gaberell, chanllneged Nestle to put an end to these dangerous double standards and stop adding sugar in all products for children under three years old, in every part of the world.
