NAFDAC might ban importation of tomato paste from China

There are indications that the National
Agency for Food and Drug Administration
and Control (NAFDAC) might ban the
importation of tomato paste from China.


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This is following a startling revelation from a
research carried out by the Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (FSAN) office of the agency.
According to Sahara reporters, the tomato pastes
which are imported from China, fall below the
required standard.
The minimum requirement specified by the
Codex Alimentarius Standards and Nigerian
Industrial Standards is that tomato pastes
should have at least 28% tomato content.
The FSAN research revealed that out of 316
packs of tomato pastes purchased in Lagos and
tested, 218 of them had less than the minimum
requirement (28%) of tomato in them.
The research also accused tomato paste
companies of working with Chinese companies to
sell unwholesome tomato pastes to Nigerians.
FSAN has also called for the ban in the
importation of tomato pastes from China.
NAFDAC recently shut 16 herbal medicine
facilities and seized products in Onitsha,
Anambra.