The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has revealed that bread sold in markets is failing laboratory tests because producers are using are saccharine due to the high cost of sugar.
NAFDAC warned water producers, patent medicine dealers and other manufacturers of regulated products against selling fake and substandard products.
Mrs Roseline Ajayi, NAFDAC South West Coordinator, gave the warning during a stakeholders engagement meeting organised by the agency in Ibadan
“Recently, we observed, that bread sold in the markets is failing laboratory tests because producers are using saccharine due to the high cost of sugar. They are introducing ingredients that are not good for the health of the customers” she said.
Bread is a staple food prepared from dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout the recorded history around the world, Bread has been an important diet in many homes.
-9News Nigeria.
