Spoilt frozen fish worth over N2 million have been destroyed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Port Harcourt.
The Rivers State co-ordinator of the agency, Mrs Mercy Ndukwe, who led NAFDAC team at 12 Agip Road, Port Harcourt, said that the 200x20KG cartons of frozen croaker fish was imported into Nigeria from Cameroun by one Mr Godswill Akahara of C. G. Global Resources located at 12 Agip Road, Rumueme, Port Harcourt.
Ndukwe said that the cold room where the fish were stored was inspected by the agency and samples taken for laboratory analysis following complaint lodged by the Consumers Protection Council (CPC).
According to her, “The inspection was conducted on the 10th and 15th of January, 2014 following a complaint from CPC on physical examination of the product which was found to be deteriorated with offensive odour.
“Samples were taken for laboratory analysis but the result was unsatisfactory,” she said.
She also said that the fish product was unfit for human consumption and attributed the spoilage to the poor cooling system in the cold chain.
The NAFDAC co-oridnator warned cold room operators to always ensure that their facilities were in perfect working condition and always dispose of bad products to avoid endangering people’s health.
The product was later evacuated to a refuse dump at Eagle Island on Agip Road, Port Harcourt where it was buried in the presence of NAFDAC, CPC and Rivers State health officials.

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