The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has certified that Golden Penny Semovita and other Semolina products do not contain plastic or any similar contaminants.
The agency said this is in response to a social media video showing a woman washing Golden Penny Semovita in a sieve using cold water with the claim that the residue she got after sieving was plastic.
NAFDAC noted that a similar video was shown in 2020 which the agency had addressed at the time.
NAFDAC Director General, Moji Adeyeye, in a statement today, said the agency confirmed that the claim was not true after an appropriate analytical testing in its internationally accredited laboratories.
The agency added that Semovita contained the expected components plus the required Vitamin A, describing the claim in the viral video as misleading.
