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Nigerian Agency, NAFDAC Penalises Pizza Outlets In Abuja For Using Expired Ingredients

NAFDAC
February 9, 2024

The FCT Director of the agency, Ozigis Abdulsalam, in a statement in Abuja on Friday said the agency acted on intelligence information and carried out inspection on pizza outlets and discovered that two of them were using expired dough blend seasoning

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has penalised two pizza outlets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for using expired dough blend seasoning.

The FCT Director of the agency, Ozigis Abdulsalam, in a statement in Abuja on Friday said the agency acted on intelligence information and carried out inspection on pizza outlets and discovered that two of them were using expired dough blend seasoning

He added that the two outlets were also using deep ham slices in the preparation of their pizzas.

He said that the act amounted to dereliction of best practices “and can jeopardise food safety and lead to public health issue.”

Abdulsalam added that the ingredients were seized and the company was penalised.

According to him, the company is expected to submit an undertaking not to be found engaging in such poor practice again.

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PUBLIC HEALTH