Nigeria: NAFDAC to intensify efforts against artificial ripening
summary：Some weeks ago, the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC sent out a warning signal to all farmers, traders and the general public to desist from the act of ripening fruits with calcium carbide....
Some weeks ago, the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) sent out a warning signal to all farmers, traders and the general public to desist from the act of ripening fruits with calcium carbide. This substance is said to be very dangerous to health, and its use is now regarded as a criminal offence.
The agency, through a press release signed by the Director General, prof. Moji Adeyeye, said NAFDAC is commencing immediate nationwide monitoring of fruits markets to check activities of unscrupulous traders involved in illegal artificial ripening of fruits using hazardous chemicals such as calcium carbide, as perpetrators would be prosecuted.
Source: independent.ng