Recent reports of plastic rice in Nigeria were untrue as the suspicious shipment merely contained a significant amount of contaminants, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said.
The acting Director-General of the agency, Yetunde Oni, at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said though the rice was found not to be plastic, contrary to media reports, it wasstill “unwholesome for human consumption”.
There was anxiety in country earlier this month when a report stated that the Nigerian Custom Services had intercepted tonnes of plastic rice allegedly imported by unscrupulous businessmen for distribution during the Christmas festive period.
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, however debunked the report after some preliminary studies revealed otherwise.
He said there was no truth in the report and assured Nigerians that there was no cause foralarm.
However, the laboratory result which was made public Thursday confirmed the earlier declaration by the minister.
Mrs. Oni however said that the rice failed other integrity test which thus ruled it out for human consumption.
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