The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it didn’t ban Indomie Instant Noodles.
NAFDAC was responding to reports about it banning the wildly consumed meal.
It hence assured consumers that the product was safe for consumption.
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Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan had claimed to detect ethylene oxide —a carcinogenic substance responsible for lymphoid cancer, and breast cancer in the product leading to a series of investigations of Indofoods, manufacturers of the product.
The Ministry of Health of Malaysia (MOH) had issued a directive to hold a test and release the Indomie Special Chicken Flavour instant noodles products from Malaysia at all entry points of the country.
Despite this scare, the Director-General of the health agency, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye has asked consumers not to fret over the South-Asia countries’ preemptive measures.
Adeyeye said:
“Indomie has been on the government prohibition list for many years to encourage local manufacturing.
“NAFDAC has registered several local manufacturers and the Indomie noodles have been safe.
“The Taiwan and Malaysia noodles have nothing to do with our local producers.”
However, she maintained that NAFDAC would go ahead with its planned random sampling of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning, from the production facilities to ascertain their safety levels for consumption.
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