Nigeria: Nursing Mothers Warned Against Fake Milk
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Daily Champion (Lagos)
28 August 2008
Posted to the web 28 August 2008
Lagos
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned nursing mothers against the dangers of fake instant milk named SMA Gold now in circulation.
The Agency specifically implored all mothers to shun the product with batch number 6JO25606 currently in the market.
Addressing newsmen yesterday in Lagos, the Special Assistant to the Director General of NAFDAC, Mrs. Elizabeth Awagu said the agency had already instituted surveillance team which is mopping up the fake milk from across 36 states.
"This fake milk has a higher level of micro-organisms as our laboratory result test showed and consequently, it is injurious to the health of our babies since its consumption results in diarrhoea and de-hydration of such babies and even deaths" the NAFDAC boss stated.
"From our records, we have discovered that two importers brought in the SMA Gold Milk, Batch number 6JO25606.
She identified the companies as Progressive International Limited and I-JAPT International Limited Progress brought in its consignment in October 2006 while I-JAPT brought in its products in November 2006" Mrs. Awagu said.
She urged members of the public especially mothers to be very vigilant and scrutinize both containers and content of any SMA baby milk before purchase and during preparation for use.
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She explained that the fake products with batch number 6J025606 had their insert leaflet (papers on how to prepare milk) made of coarse paper, while the original, has glossy paper.
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