NAFDAC seizes two edible oil tankers found transporting diesel in Lagos

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized 2 tankers designated for transporting edible rootlike lipid aft they were recovered carrying Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), commonly known arsenic diesel, successful Lagos.
The bureau said the seizure was made during a caller enforcement operation, hardly 3 months aft it warned transporters against utilizing the aforesaid tankers for some petroleum products and edible oil, describing the signifier arsenic a superior menace to nationalist health.

Speaking to journalists, NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Mr. Martins Iluyomade, said investigations revealed that the 2 vehicles, which were designated exclusively for transporting edible rootlike oil, had been loaded with diesel successful wide usurpation of nutrient information regulations.

According to Iluyomade, the tanker manager claimed helium was unaware of the colour-coding strategy for edible lipid tankers.

“The 2 tankers and their drivers person been taken into custody, portion investigations are ongoing to find the afloat grade of the usurpation and guarantee due regulatory action,” Iluyomade said.

He stressed that tankers designated for transporting edible rootlike lipid indispensable ne'er beryllium utilized to convey petroleum products due to the fact that of the hazard of contamination and the imaginable information to consumers.

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