The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has assured that Indomie Instant Noodles produced in Nigeria is safe for consumption.
NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mrs Mojisola Adeyeye, on Monday, reacted to reports making the rounds online that it has banned the locally produced Indomie Instant Noodles.
According to the DG, “NAFDAC has registered several local manufacturers and the Indomie noodles have been certified safe for consumption.”
“NAFDAC did not ban Indomie Instant Noodles produced in Nigeria. The Taiwan and Malaysia noodles have nothing to do with our local producers.”
The statement offers assurance to consumers who have been exposed to a series of misleading publications that the product was banned by the regulator. The flood of local publications came up after the alleged detection of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing substance found in Indomie’s “special chicken” flavour in Taiwan, and Malaysia by health officials in both countries.
Addressing the issue, Dufil Prima Foods Limited through its Group Communications Manager, Tope Ashiwaju has assured their customers that all packs of Indomie Instant Noodles consumed in Nigeria are produced locally under strict international best manufacturing procedures with ISO certified standards.
The Indomie Instant Noodles consumed in Nigeria is produced locally by Dufil Prima Foods Limited and had produced Indomie Instant Noodle in Nigeria for almost 3 decades.
