‘Indomie Noodles Not Banned’ – NAFDAC Clarifies

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports of banning Indomie instant noodles and has assured consumers that the product is safe for consumption.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that this was made known by the Director-General of the health agency, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye on Monday May 8, 2023.

According speaking on phone conversation said; “NAFDAC did not ban Indomie.”

“Indomie has been on the government prohibition list for many years to encourage local manufacturing,” she added.

She also disclosed that the body has countermeasures to prevent the importation of these products from affected nations

“NAFDAC has registered several local manufacturers and the Indomie noodles have been safe,” she said.

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This Online News Media reported that health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan had claimed to detect ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic substance responsible for lymphoid cancer and, breast cancer in the product leading to a series of investigations of Indofoods, manufacturers of the product.

The Ministry of Health of Malaysia (MOH) would immediately issue a directive to hold, test and release the Indomie Special Chicken Flavour instant noodles products from Malaysia at all entry points of the country.

Professor Adeyey however said NAFDAC is on post-marketing monitoring measure to ensure that locally-made noodles stay safe.

She noted that the agency will begin random sampling of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning, from the production facilities to ascertain their safety levels for consumption.

“What we are doing is an extra caution to ensure that the product is not smuggled in, and if so, our post-marketing surveillance would detect it. We also want to be sure that the spices used for the Indomie and other noodles in Nigeria are tested.

“That is what NAFDAC Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FSAN, and Post Marketing Surveillance, PMS, are doing this week at the production facilities and in the market, respectively,” she said.

She promised that Nigerians will be duly updated with the outcomes of the investigation.