'Why Nigerians Should Avoid Mirinda, Lucozade'- CPC
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has proclaimed Mirinda and Lucozade sodas a risky for Nigerian customers.
The gathering said both drinks contained benzoic corrosive level over the farthest point affirmed by the Nigerian Industrial Standard (NIS).
The Council said in an announcement yesterday in Abuja that while as far as possible for benzoic corrosive is 250mg/Kg, when joined with Vitamin C and 300mg/Kg without Vitamin C, test uncovered that Mirinda, a result of 7UP Bottling Company, contained benzoic corrosive going between 0.56mg/L to 330.9mg/L.
It said Lucozade, some time ago delivered by Glaxo SmithKline, contained the corrosive between 2.26mg/L to 323.53mg/L.
The chamber said the test was directed at the Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), a lab under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.
The chamber said it acquired 65 tests of soda pops from the open market in eight areas inside the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria, made up of Fanta Orange, Sprite, Mirinda and Lucozade.
"The Council likewise saw from the outcomes that there were detached instances of Mirinda and Lucozade with Benzoic Acid levels of 330.9mg/L and 323.53mg/L individually, which are over as far as possible," the Director General of CPC, Mrs Dupe Atoki, said.
The Council additionally said the test found that benzoic corrosive levels in Fanta Orange ran from 5.09mg/L to 197.0mg/L while that of Sprite went from 2.82mg/L to 239.0mg/L, demonstrating that both sodas were ok for Nigerian customers as they contained benzoic corrosive inside the point of confinement affirmed by the NIS.
Atoki said NAFDAC and SON have been educated of the examination and has prescribed administrative activity and audit of the "benzoic corrosive points of confinement in soda pops as the present standard, which has been in presence since 2008 is past due for survey."
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