The Bida Local Government in Niger State has shut down ice cream production facilities operating without the required licences and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control regis
tration numbers
The council said the facilities were found to have serious hygiene lapses, including flies in ice cream mixtures, during an inspection by its environmental departments.
In a statement posted on Facebook on Thursday, the council’s Chief Press Secretary, Aliyu B. Umar, said the products had no labels to identify their contents or trace their sources.
“During the operation, the inspection team discovered serious hygiene concerns, including flies in the mixture used for ice cream production. The products were also found to be without labels, making it difficult to identify their contents and trace their source.
“The substances used in production were subsequently subjected to laboratory analysis, which reportedly revealed a lack of nutritional value and the presence of substances considered dangerous to human health,” the statement read.
According to the statement, production was halted after factory managers confirmed that they lacked the required licences and NAFDAC registration numbers.
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