The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that it sealed over 200 bakeries between January and December, 2016 in Kwara state over unhealthy  production. 

 

The coordinator of NAFDAC in the state, Mrs. Roseline Ajayi, revealed this during an interview with the Daily Times in llorin, the state capital on Thursday. Ajayi said the over 200 bakeries sealed in 2016 across the 16 local government areas of the state were producing breads in unhealthy environments, which he said, constituted health hazard to the residents of the state. 

 

Some of the other offences violated by the sealed bakeries according to the Coordinator were use of promate, lack of labels on their breads, operating on exipired licences and failure to upgrade licenses permit as required by NAFDAC. 

 

“The NAFDAC in the state during 2016 sanctioned over 200 for  failure to meet our standard and specifications for producing breads”, the NAFDAC coordinator said. She disclosed that between the last quarter of 2016 and now, over 150 of the sealed Bakeries have been reopened after meeting the NAFDAC standard for producing breads. Ajayi warned Bakeries and other Factories in the state to desist from producing unhealthy products, stating that the NAFDAC would not hesitate to seal any Factory who fails  to comply on standard. 

 

In his reaction, the Chairman of Kwara Bakers Association, Alhaji Babatunde Gidado said the step taken by NAFDAC towards ensuring quality Bread production in the state is part of effort to safeguard the well-being of the people. He said the Members of the Association would  continue to cooperate with NAFDAC in its bid to continue to ensure a healthy living. 

 

There are over 400 Bakeries in Kwara out of which over 250 situated in the llorin metropolis which is the state capital.