The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has shut down 50 locations in Kaduna State for selling edible oil in unsanitary conditions.
The operation was described as part of a dealer sensitisation training, with a focus on registration procedures and food management.
This was revealed in a statement posted to the agency’s X account on Saturday.
The announcement read in part, “NAFDAC has sealed fifty outlets in Kaduna for dispensing edible oil in unsanitary conditions, aiming to prevent potential health risks associated with contamination.”
“The Director, North-West Zonal Office, Mrs. Josephine Dayilim highlighted the dangers of consuming oil processed in unsanitary environments, emphasising the risks of food poisoning, gastroenteritis, and even cancer due to inadequate processing and corrosive equipment.”
Dayilim also emphasised the importance of using food-grade materials and maintaining hygienic production environments to ensure consumer safety.
In February that NAFDAC raided and sealed not less than 1,321 patent medicine stores in the Sabon Gari open market of Kano as part of its mandate to sanitise unwholesome pharmaceutical practices by the dealers.