Reps’ verdict on NBC: You must tell Nigerians Fanta, Sprite ‘re harmful with Vitamin C

*mandate NAFDAC to ensure manufactures list all chemical compositions in drinks

By Levinus Nwabughiogu

ABUJA-House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC, producers of Coca Cola to as a matter of compulsion tell Nigerians that two of their products, Fanta and Sprite were dangerous to health when consumed with Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C).

This, the House said, must be done by printing warning labels on the stipulated products.

The parliament also urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to compel producers/manufacturers of all soft drinks in Nigeria to indicate all chemicals, acids, colorants and preservatives contained in their products on the packs or bottles “no matter how negligible they are.”

The warnings were some of the recommendations of the Ad-hoc Committee that investigate the production and distribution…