The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has confiscated 552 bags of copper sugar and 227 cartons of Tasty Tom Spaghetti valued at N9.3 million allegedly smuggled into Kano State markets. The State Coordinator of SON, Alhaji Yunusa Mohammed, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday at Karaye Local Government area during enforcement operation.
Mohammed said that
the feat was achieved during a raid on major shops in the state. He said that part of the mandate of the
organisation was to ensure quality assurance and standardisation of products
and ensuring that people got standard and quality products for their safety. According
to him, sugar must have a purity colour grade of 145 icumsa and most of the
sugars imported into Nigeria have high icumsa grade level.
The coordinator
said the purity should be determined by the colour, explaining that in the
process of producing sugar, some chemicals were put into it which have health
implications, if consumed. He said that
the organisation would not relent in ensuring that only standard products were
taken to the markets. “We will ensure that substandard products are taken out
of markets in Kano and its environs. “We are tirelessly working toward
sustaining our enforcement efforts in the state and no stone will be left
unturned in our crusade,” he said. (NAN)
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