FOOD SCIENTISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS ENDORSE FANTA, SPRITE
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Scientists and Technologists under the auspices of the Nigerian Institute of
Food Science and Technology, NIFST, yesterday lent its support to the Federal
Ministry of Health’s endorsement of the Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC,
products, Fanta and Sprite.
In a statement made available to newsmen and jointly signed by the National President, Dr. Dahiru Adamu and the Vice President, Mr. E. Oluwole Toye, the food scientists noted that as an informed stakeholder on the subject matter, the Institute is aware that the science of benzene formation from interaction between benzoic acid and ascorbic acid is based on the provision of specific conditions such as presence of ultra violet light and high temperature of about 60degrees Celsius. |
They
argued that science is fact based and there has not been any reported incidence
or that these two conditions are prevalent in the Nigerian environment. READ MORE
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