Cibiyar NICRAT ta yaba wa NAFDAC kan matakin gaggawa akan taliyar Indomie

‘Cibiyar Bincike da Magance Ciwon Sankara ta Ƙasa’, (NICRAT), ta yaba wa Hukumar Kula da Abinci da Magunguna ta Ƙasa, (NAFDAC), kan yadda ta yi gaggawar shiga tsakani akan noodles na ‘manyan kaji na musamman’ da aka shigo da su da Indomie.

Hakan na ƙunshe ne a cikin wata sanarwa da babban daraktan hukumar NICRAT, Farfesa Usman Aliyu ya fitar a Abuja. Bayanin na Mista Aliyu ya biyo bayan bincike da hukumar NAFDAC ke yi dangane da ‘Indomie Instant Noodles’ a Najeriya.

Wannan ya biyo bayan ƙiran da hukumomin Taiwan da Malaysia suka yi na tunawa da taliyar Indomie nan take (da ɗan kaza na musamman) kan zargin kasancewar “ethylene oxide”, wani fili mai haɗe da ƙara haɗarin kansa. Mista Aliyu ya ce cibiyar za ta haɗa kai da NAFDAC domin tabbatar da tsaron lafiyar ‘yan Najeriya.

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“NICRAT ta damu matuƙa cewa, idan aka gano cewa wasu nau’ikan taliyar Indomie na ɗauke da sinadarin ethylyne oxide, to, ya kamata ‘yan Najeriya su yi tsammanin ƙaruwar nau’o’in cutar daji daban-daban a cikin watanni ko shekaru masu zuwa, ya danganta da tsawon lokacin da mutane suka sha wannan alamar.

“Abin da ya fi damun shi, shi ne ‘yan Nijeriya su ma su yi tsammanin ƙaruwar masu kamuwa da cutar daji a tsakanin yara saboda taliiyar Indomie abinci ne da ya shahara a tsakanin yawancin yaran Najeriya.

“Bincikenmu mai zurfi na ethylyne oxide ya nuna cewa sinadari ne mai saurin amsawa wanda ake amfani da shi azaman ɗanɗano don yin wasu mahaɗi kamar glycol ethers da polyglycol ethers, da kuma nau’ikan emulsifiers, detergents, da kaushi.

“Ethylene oxide kuma ana amfani da shi sosai azaman fumigant don tsaftace kayan abinci, gami da kayan yaji,” in ji shi. Ya kuma lura da cewa cutar daji ta kashe rayuka da dama a Najeriya. A cikin shekarar 2020 kaɗai, ya ce, ‘yan Najeriya dubu 78,000 ne suka mutu sakamakon kamuwa da cutar daji (maza 34,200 da mata 44,699).

Don haka, ya shawarci ‘yan Nijeriya da su yi biyayya ga umarnin NAFDAC na haramtawa da cin taliyar Indomi ‘Special Chicken Flavour’. Hukumar NAFDAC ta sake jaddada dokar hana shigo da taliyar Indomie cikin ƙasar.

Hukumar NAFDAC ta fara gwajin samfurin taliyar da sauran kayayyaki a ranar Talata. Hukumar NAFDAC ta kiyaye lafiyar abinci da gudanarwar abinci mai gina jiki shi ne ta ba da samfurin taliyar Indomi (ciki har da kayan yaji) daga wuraren samarwa yayin da daraktan sa ido da tallace-tallace ya duba samfurori daga kasuwa. NAFDAC ta ce ethylene oxide na cikin jerin haramtattun gwamnatin tarayya.