Nigeria: Union Raises Alarm Over Import of Harmful Vegetable Oil for Sallah, Xmas

3 December 2008

NATIONAL Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUBFTE), has raised alarm over attempts by some unscrupulous importers to flood the Nigerian market with harmful vegetable oil and related products before the coming Sallah and Christmas\New Year celebrations.

The union is calling on appropriate government agencies, especially the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), to be on the alert and ensure that harmful vegetable oil and related products are not allowed to enter the Nigerian market because of their health implications.

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