The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said Golden Penny Semovita and all other semolina products registered by the agency are safe for human consumption.
A statement signed by the Director General,
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, explained that the attention of NAFDAC was drawn to a social media video showing a woman washing Golden Penny Semovita in a sieve using cold water, saying the woman claimed that the residue she got after sieving was plastic.It read, “Upon receiving the alerts from various quarters in the community in 2020, the Director General immediately gave a directive to conduct emergency post-marketing analysis using different brands of Semolina.
therefore, wishes to inform the general public that the claim in the social media video assertions is misleading.”
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